Human Hair: Scaffold Materials for Regenerative Medicine

This chapter reviews the studies of keratin-based biomaterials in the past and discusses the advancement of it in recent years. Keratin, as a protein-based biopolymer, possesses excellent biocompatibility and biodegradability. In addition, keratin has abu

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Heung Jae Chun Rui L. Reis Antonella Motta Gilson Khang  Editors

Bioinspired Biomaterials Advances in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology Volume 1249 Editorial Board WIM E. CRUSIO, Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives et Intégratives d’Aquitaine, CNRS and University of Bordeaux UMR 5287, Pessac Cedex, France JOHN D. LAMBRIS, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA HEINFRIED H. RADEKE, Institute of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Clinic of the Goethe University Frankfurt Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany NIMA REZAEI, Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Children’s Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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Heung Jae Chun Rui L. Reis  •  Antonella Motta Gilson Khang Editors

Bioinspired Biomaterials Advances in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Editors Heung Jae Chun Institute of Cell & Tissue Engineering and College of Medicine Catholic University of Korea Seoul, South Korea Antonella Motta Department of Industrial Engineering and BIOtech Research Center University of Trento Trento, Italy

Rui L. Reis 3B’s Research Group, I3Bs – Research Institute on Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, Headquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine University of Minho Guimarães, Portugal Gilson Khang Department of BIN Convergence Technology, Department of Polymer Nano Science & Technology and Polymer BIN Research Center Jeonbuk National University Jeonju, South Korea

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