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The Biopolymer Bacterial Nanocellulose as Drug Delivery System: Investigation of Drug Loading and Release using the Model Protein Albumin
Astrid Müller,Zhixu Ni,Nadine Hessler,Falko Wesarg,Frank A. Müller,Dana Kralisch,Dagmar Fischer +6 more
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Hydrophilicity, high biocompatibility, and controllable drug loading and release render BNC an innovative and attractive biopolymer for controlled drug delivery.About:
This article is published in Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences.The article was published on 2013-02-01. It has received 165 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Drug delivery & Controlled release.read more
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Nanocellulose in biomedicine: Current status and future prospect
Ning Lin,Alain Dufresne +1 more
TL;DR: The advancement of nanocellulose-based biomedical materials is summarized and discussed on the analysis of latest studies (especially reports from the past five years) and focused topics for nano cellulose in biomedicine research in this article are discussed.
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Nanocellulose, a tiny fiber with huge applications
Tiffany Abitbol,Amit Rivkin,Yifeng Cao,Yuval Nevo,Eldho Abraham,Tal Ben-Shalom,Shaul Lapidot,Oded Shoseyov +7 more
TL;DR: This work discusses the main areas of nanocellulose research: photonics, films and foams, surface modifications, nanocomposites, and medical devices.
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Nanocellulose as a natural source for groundbreaking applications in materials science: Today’s state
Dieter Klemm,Emily D. Cranston,Dagmar Fischer,Miguel Gama,Stephanie A. Kedzior,Dana Kralisch,Friederike Kramer,Tetsuo Kondo,Tom Lindström,Sandor Nietzsche,Katrin Petzold-Welcke,Falk Rauchfuß +11 more
TL;DR: Nanocelluloses are natural materials with at least one dimension in the nano-scale as discussed by the authors, which combine important cellulose properties with the features of nanomaterials and open new horizons for materials science and its applications.
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Recent advances in nanocellulose for biomedical applications
Mehdi Jorfi,E. Johan Foster +1 more
TL;DR: This review reflects on recent advancements in the design and fabrication of advanced nanocellulose-based biomaterials that are promising for biomedical applications and discusses material requirements for each application, along with the challenges that the materials might face.
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Bacterial nanocellulose production and application: a 10-year overview
Angela Faustino Jozala,Leticia Celia de Lencastre-Novaes,André Moreni Lopes,Valéria de Carvalho Santos-Ebinuma,Priscila Gava Mazzola,Adalberto Pessoa-Jr,Denise Grotto,Marli Gerenutti,Marco Vinícius Chaud +8 more
TL;DR: Different aspects of BNC production, including types of fermentation processes and culture media, are addressed, with the aim of demonstrating the importance of these parameters and improving B NC production and permitting application in the biotechnological, medical, pharmaceutical, and food industries.
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