A highly tunable biocompatible and multifunctional biodegradable elastomer

Adv Mater. 2013 Feb 25;25(8):1209-15. doi: 10.1002/adma.201203824. Epub 2012 Dec 12.

Authors

Maria José Nunes Pereira¹, Ben Ouyang, Cathryn A Sundback, Nora Lang, Ingeborg Friehs, Shwetha Mureli, Irina Pomerantseva, Jacob McFadden, Mark C Mochel, Olive Mwizerwa, Pedro Del Nido, Debanjan Sarkar, Peter T Masiakos, Robert Langer, Lino S Ferreira, Jeffrey M Karp

Affiliation

¹ Division of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Medicine, Center for Regenerative Therapeutics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, 65 Landsdowne St., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

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Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Biocompatible Materials / chemistry*
Biocompatible Materials / toxicity
Decanoates / chemistry
Decanoates / metabolism
Decanoates / toxicity
Elastomers / chemistry*
Glycerol / analogs & derivatives
Glycerol / chemistry
Glycerol / metabolism
Glycerol / toxicity
Humans
Lactic Acid / chemistry
Lactic Acid / metabolism
Lactic Acid / toxicity
Mesenchymal Stem Cells / cytology
Mesenchymal Stem Cells / drug effects
Polyglycolic Acid / chemistry
Polyglycolic Acid / metabolism
Polyglycolic Acid / toxicity
Polylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid Copolymer
Polymers / chemistry
Polymers / metabolism
Polymers / toxicity
Tissue Engineering

Substances

Biocompatible Materials
Decanoates
Elastomers
Polymers
poly(glycerol-sebacate)
Polylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid Copolymer
Polyglycolic Acid
Lactic Acid
Glycerol

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