Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Polymer Biomaterials

Polymers are the macromolecules attained from a range of repeated subunits. Polymers are used as biomaterials and that can be of the following types, i.e., Natural Polymers: Chitosan, Collagen, Alginate. These herbal polymers are used for drug delivery, wound dressing and tissue engineering. Synthetic Polymers like Polyvinylchloride (PVC),Polypropylene, Polymethyl methacrylate are used in implants, scientific disposable supplies, dressings, etc. Biodegradable Biomaterials: Polyactide, Polyglycolide, etc. It is treasured as it regenerates tissue and does now not depart residual traces on implantation. Mostly used for tissue screws, cartilage restore and drug shipping systems. Biopolymers are these which are set up from the residing organisms. Some of the examples are DNA, RNA, proteins, carbohydrates, etc. It can additionally be used as packaging material. Polymer composites are broadly used for getting ready clinical implants.