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Functional Marine Biomaterials : Properties and Applications, Hardback Book

Functional Marine Biomaterials : Properties and Applications Hardback

Edited by Se-Kwon (Department of Chemistry and Marine Bioprocess Research Center, Pukyong National Univer Kim

Part of the Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials series

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Functional Marine Biomaterials: Properties and Applications provides readers with the latest information on the diverse marine environment as a resource for many new substances, including biopolymers, bioceramics, and biominerals. As recent advances and funding has enabled scientists to begin harnessing many of these materials for biomedical applications from drug delivery to bone tissue engineering and biosensors, this important new text provides readers with a comprehensive review of these materials and their functional applications in the biomedical field. Chapters discuss the properties of the main classes of functional marine biomaterials, applications of marine products in tissue engineering, applications in drug delivery systems, and the role of marine derived materials in medical devices.

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