Silk Microfiber Reinforced Calcium Phosphate Bone Cements for Local Drug Delivery

European Cells and Materials 2015
Dagnija Loča, Jānis Ločs, S Mandal, Anastasija Smirnova, Marina Putniņa, Zilgma Irbe, Līga Bērziņa-Cimdiņa

To improve the mechanical properties of α-tricalcium phosphate (α-TCP) based CPC for drug delivery applications, cements were reinforced with silk microfibers. The effect of drug loaded microcapsules and reinforcing fibres on CPC mechanical properties and drug release kinetics was investigated.

Keywords
Silk microfiber, calcium phosphate bone cements, drug delivery
Hyperlink
http://www.ecmjournal.org/journal/supplements/vol029supp01/pdf/vol029supp01a031.pdf

Loča, D., Ločs, J., Mandal, S., Smirnova, A., Putniņa, M., Irbe, Z., Bērziņa-Cimdiņa, L. Silk Microfiber Reinforced Calcium Phosphate Bone Cements for Local Drug Delivery. European Cells and Materials, 2015, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp.31-31. ISSN 1473-2262.

Publication language
English (en)