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- ISSN: 1389-2010
- E-ISSN: 1873-4316
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Chemically-Modified HA for Therapy and Regenerative Medicine
- Source: Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Volume 9, Issue 4, Aug 2008, p. 242 - 245
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- 01 Aug 2008
Abstract
Hyaluronan (HA) is a very useful polymer, but its properties sometimes need to be altered or enhanced by chemical modification for biomedical applications. A wide variety of HA derivatives are currently used for eye surgery, joint viscoelastic supplementation, and anti-adhesion films. The future promises to deliver new classes of HA-based reagents as well as new polymers that can be used in situ with living cells or within the body.
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