Electro-Spinning Collagen for Organ Scaffolds
November 28, 2017 | Terry Sharrer
The process known as electrospinning, whereby a high voltage drives a liquid polymer through a small orifice causing it to solidify as it spins into a fibrous mesh (like a cotton candy machine), has many applications in medicine—e.g. wound dressings, drug delivery, tissue repair. German engineers at the Fraunhofer Institute in Halle and a company named Spin Plant have built an electrospray device that can produce a material with nano and micro porosity from collagen which they believe will be superior for regenerating organs or bone from stem cells. MORE
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