PolySciTech
Division of Akina, Inc. (www.polyscitech.com)
provides a wide variety of biodegradable block copolymers including
thermogelling PLGA-PEG-PLGA block copolymers. These polymers have a unique
blend of hydrophilic and hydrophobic components such that they dissolve into
cold water but form into a solid gel when the water is heated to body
temperature. Recently researchers at Rice University and Albany medical center
utilized PolySciTech PLGA-PEG-PLGA thermogels (Cat# AK012 and AK024) to load
antibiotics into porous PMMA scaffold and control their release rate so as to
generate a spacer that prevents bacterial infection as the patient heals
post-surgery. Read more: Mountziaris, P. M., S. R. Shah, J. Lam, G. N. Bennett,
and A. G. Mikos. "A rapid, flexible method for incorporating controlled
antibiotic release into porous polymethylmethacrylate space maintainers for
craniofacial reconstruction." Biomaterials science (2015). http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2015/bm/c5bm00175g
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Thursday, September 10, 2015
PolySciTech PLGA-PEG-PLGA used for antibiotic delivery system in craniofacial reconstruction
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