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Development of a Novel Marine-Derived Tricomposite Biomaterial for Bone Regeneration.

Mar Drugs

August 2023

Circular Bioeconomy Research Group (CIRCBIO), Shannon Applied Biotechnology Centre, Munster Technology University, V92CX88 Tralee, Ireland.

Article Synopsis
  • Bone tissue engineering uses a combination of porous scaffolds and osteogenic cells to treat bone loss; this study focuses on a tricomposite scaffold made from marine biomaterials (chitosan and fucoidan) and hydroxyapatite (HA).
  • The tricomposite scaffold showed a uniform porous structure, essential for cell functions like migration and vascularization, and was confirmed to include HA and fucoidan, which improved its density.
  • While high concentrations of fucoidan and HA initially inhibited cell proliferation, they ultimately enhanced the mineralization and differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), indicating the tricomposite's potential for bone tissue engineering applications.
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This systematic review aimed to explore the impact educational interventions have on undergraduate nursing and medical students' attitudes and empathy levels towards people with disability. There are over one billion people with some form of disability currently. A growing body of research reveals that nurses and doctors display negative attitudes including decreased empathy towards people with disability.

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Impact of time and phosphorus application rate on phosphorus bioavailability and efficiency of secondary fertilizers recovered from municipal wastewater.

Chemosphere

November 2021

Ghent University, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry and Applied Ecochemistry (Ecochem), Coupure Links 653, B Block, 6th Floor, 9000, Ghent, Belgium. Electronic address:

Demand for phosphorus (P) resources other than non-renewable P rock has driven the development of several P recovery technologies from municipal wastewater treatment and directed recovery of P into valuable fertilizers (struvite, ash, iron phosphate, etc.). Although the bioavailability of novel secondary P fertilizers has been examined in previous studies, insufficient attention has been paid to defining optimal plant growth duration and monitoring conditions to assess the dynamic changes in P.

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