A hydratable, highly absorbent keratin solid fiber or powder capable of absorbing a large weight excess of water may be produced by partially oxidizing hair...
Methods for producing thin keratin films, sheets, and bulk materials, and products formed using these methods. One method includes providing hair, reducing the hair such...
The present invention describes a rapid method for preparing stem cell and physiologically acceptable matrix compositions for use in tissue and organ repair. Compared with...
The present invention provides an improved lyophilization process for forming biocompatible foam structures. The process allows the foam structures to be tailored for specific end...
This invention provides a claycy and sticky substance as a new biomaterial that cannot be found in the current medical field, which is bioresorbable, shows...
The present invention includes photocurable, liquid polymers incorporating coumarin ester endgroups into their molecular structure, which polymers are crosslinked upon irradiation with ultraviolet light by...
The invention provides a device and process for recellularizing essentially acellular or devitalized tissue grafts, including for example essentially acellular or devitalized vascular tissue grafts,...
We make a substrate biocompatible by contacting it with a starting material and initiating alternating charge layer electrostatic self-assembly to form a thin film. Starting...
An elongated biopolymer structure containing fibrin, and having at least one portion stretched in at least one stretching direction. In addition to fibrin, the elongated...
This invention relates to methods for making immune compatible tissues and cells for the purpose of transplantation and tissue engineering, using the techniques of nuclear...