Developing a novel suturing material using human hair proteins
A human hair protein, keratin hybrid fiber was produced by the process of polyelectrolyte complexation using chitosan and alginate as the base components. Despite similarity of hybrid fibers experimented (i.e. keratin-chitosan-gellan fiber types); none have tested the combination of keratin-chitosan...
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Format: | Final Year Project (FYP) |
Language: | English |
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2011
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/44779 |