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Biopolymers for Medical Applications

Biopolymers for Medical Applications

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Biopolymers are macromolecules produced by living systems that offer advantages over synthetic polymers in medicine, including diversity, abundance, low cost, and sustainability. This book explores techniques for producing biodevices and developments in nanodrug delivery, gene therapy, and tissue engineering.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 372 pages
Publication date: 31 March 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd


Biopolymers are macromolecules produced by living systems, such as proteins, polypeptides, nucleic acids, and polysaccharides, that offer numerous advantages over polymers produced using synthetic chemistry. These advantages include diversity, abundance, relatively low cost, and sustainability. This book presents an experimental and computational account of the applications of biopolymers in the field of medicine, including techniques for the production of different biodevices, such as scaffolds, hydrogels, functional nanoparticles, microcapsules, and nanocapsules. Additionally, developments in nanodrug delivery, gene therapy, and tissue engineering are described.

Weight: 685g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367782702

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