Lyophilization to improve drug delivery
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Benjamin T. Reves; Joel D. Bumgardner; Judith A. Cole; Yunzhi Yang; Warren O. Ha
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Article
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2009
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Lyophilization was evaluated in chitosan‐calcium phosphate microspheres and scaffolds to improve drug delivery of growth factors and antibiotics for orthopedic applications. The dual delivery of an antibiotic and a growth factor from a composite scaffold would be beneficial for treatmen