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- Title
Evolving Marine Biomimetics for Regenerative Dentistry.
- Authors
Green, David W.; Wing-Fu Lai; Han-Sung Jung
- Abstract
New products that help make human tissue and organ regeneration more effective are in high demand and include materials, structures and substrates that drive cell-to-tissue transformations, orchestrate anatomical assembly and tissue integration with biology. Marine organisms are exemplary bioresources that have extensive possibilities in supporting and facilitating development of human tissue substitutes. Such organisms represent a deep and diverse reserve of materials, substrates and structures that can facilitate tissue reconstruction within lab-based cultures. The reason is that they possess sophisticated structures, architectures and biomaterial designs that are still difficult to replicate using synthetic processes, so far. These products offer tantalizing pre-made options that are versatile, adaptable and have many functions for current tissue engineers seeking fresh solutions to the deficiencies in existing dental biomaterials, which lack the intrinsic elements of biofunctioning, structural and mechanical design to regenerate anatomically correct dental tissues both in the culture dish and in vivo.
- Subjects
BIOMIMETIC chemicals; DENTISTRY; REGENERATION (Biology); GENETIC transformation; TISSUE engineering; MARINE invertebrates
- Publication
Marine Drugs, 2014, Vol 12, Issue 5, p2877
- ISSN
1660-3397
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/md12052877