Biodendrimers: New Polymeric Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering

✍ Scribed by Mark W. Grinstaff

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 329 KB
• Volume: 8
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0947-6539
• DOI: 10.1002/1521-3765(20020703)8:13<2838::aid-chem2838>3.0.co;2-i

✦ Synopsis

Dendrimers composed entirely of building blocks known to be biocompatible or degradable in vivo to natural metabolites were synthesized using a high yield divergent approach. This synthesis is amenable to the design and development of new biomaterials that are of interest for a variety of medical applications, including tissue engineering. In a novel application, photocrosslinkable dendrimers are used to seal large corneal lacerations.