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Sustainable Valorization of Mussel Shell Waste: Processing for Calcium Carbonate Recovery and Hydroxyapatite Production [PDF]

Journal of Functional Biomaterials
This study aimed to develop a sustainable route for processing biogenic calcium carbonate from Perna perna mussel shell waste and converting it into hydroxyapatite (HA), as well as to evaluate its potential for bone and dental tissue engineering ...
Adriana Poli Castilho Dugaich, Andressa da Silva Barboza, Marianna Gimenes e Silva, Andressa Baptista Nörnberg, Marcelo Maraschin, Maurício Malheiros Badaró, Daiara Floriano da Silva, Carlos Eduardo Maduro de Campos, Carolina dos Santos Santinoni, Sheila Cristina Stolf, Rafael Guerra Lund, Juliana Silva Ribeiro de Andrade   +11 more
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Chitosan Scaffolds from Crustacean and Fungal Sources: A Comparative Study for Bone-Tissue-Engineering Applications [PDF]

Bioengineering
Chitosan (CS), a biopolymer, holds significant potential in bone regeneration due to its biocompatibility and biodegradability attributes. While crustacean-derived CS is conventionally used in research, there is growing interest in fungal-derived CS for ...
Neelam Iqbal, Payal Ganguly, Lemiha Yildizbakan, El Mostafa Raif, Elena Jones, Peter V. Giannoudis, Animesh Jha   +6 more
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Vibriocidal efficacy of Bifidobacterium bifidum and Lactobacillus acidophilus cell-free supernatants encapsulated in chitosan nanoparticles against multi-drug resistant Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Cholera is a diarrheal disease recognized for being caused by toxin-producing Vibrio (V.) cholerae. This study aims to assess the vibriocidal and immunomodulatory properties of derived cell-free supernatants (CFSs) of Bifidobacterium (B ...
Mozhgan Derakhshan-sefidi, Bita Bakhshi, Aliakbar Rasekhi   +2 more
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Environmental remediation by hydroxyapatite: Solid state synthesis utilizing waste chicken eggshell and adsorption experiment with Congo red dye

Journal of Saudi Chemical Society, 2023
This study reports the adsorption efficacy of hydroxyapatite (HAp) for removing Congo Red (CR) dye from aqueous solution. HAp was synthesized utilizing chicken eggshell as a precursor of Ca source.
Mashrafi Bin Mobarak, Nigar Sultana Pinky, Fariha Chowdhury, Md. Sahadat Hossain, Monika Mahmud, Md. Saiful Quddus, Shirin Akter Jahan, Samina Ahmed   +7 more
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Improving the Intercellular Uptake and Osteogenic Potency of Calcium Phosphate via Nanocomplexation with the RALA Peptide

Nanomaterials, 2020
Calcium phosphate-base materials (e.g., alpha tri-calcium phosphate (α–TCP)) have been shown to promote osteogenic differentiation of stem/progenitor cells, enhance osteoblast osteogenic activity and mediate in vivo bone tissue formation.
Michelle O’Doherty, Eoghan J. Mulholland, Philip Chambers, Sreekanth Pentlavalli, Monika Ziminska, Marine J. Chalanqui, Hannah M. Pauly, Binulal N. Sathy, Tammy H. Donahue, Daniel J. Kelly, Nicholas Dunne, Helen O. McCarthy   +11 more
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The Influence of Shuttle-Shape Emodin Nanoparticles on the Streptococcus suis Biofilm

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2018
Biofilm is one of the most important physiological protective barriers of the Streptococcus suis (S. suis), and it is also one of the primary causes of hindrance to drug infiltration, reduction of bactericidal effects, and the development of antibiotic ...
Wenya Ding, Wenya Ding, Jin Sun, He Lian, Changgeng Xu, Changgeng Xu, Xin Liu, Xin Liu, Sidi Zheng, Sidi Zheng, Dong Zhang, Xiaopeng Han, Yanyan Liu, Yanyan Liu, Xueying Chen, Xueying Chen, Bello O. God′spower, Bello O. God′spower, Yanhua Li, Yanhua Li   +19 more
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Identification and Genetic Effect of Haplotypes in the Distal Promoter Region of Chicken CCT6A Gene Associated with Egg Production Traits

The Journal of Poultry Science, 2016
The chaperonin containing TCP-1 complex protein 1 subunit zeta (CCT6A) is the only cytosolic chaperonin in eukaryotes assisting in the folding of cytoplasmic proteins. Previous study revealed that the mRNA expression of chicken CCT6A gene was remarkably
Chunhong Yang, Qingqing Wei, Li Kang, Hui Tang, Guiyu Zhu, Xinxing Cui, Yuxia Chen, Yunliang Jiang   +7 more
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Curcumin Quantum Dots Mediated Degradation of Bacterial Biofilms

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017
Bacterial biofilm has been reported to be associated with more than 80% of bacterial infections. Curcumin, a hydrophobic polyphenol compound, has anti-quorum sensing activity apart from having antimicrobial action. However, its use is limited by its poor
Ashish K. Singh, Ashish K. Singh, Pradyot Prakash, Ranjana Singh, Nabarun Nandy, Zeba Firdaus, Monika Bansal, Ranjan K. Singh, Anchal Srivastava, Anchal Srivastava, Jagat K. Roy, Brahmeshwar Mishra, Rakesh K. Singh   +12 more
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Development of New Chitosan-Based Complex with Bioactive Molecules for Regenerative Medicine

Future Pharmacology
Background/Objectives: The development of new materials incorporating bioactive molecules for tissue regeneration is a growing area of interest. The objective of this study was to develop a new complex specifically designed for bone and skin tissue ...
Natasha Maurmann, Gabriela Moraes Machado, Rafaela Hartmann Kasper, Marcos do Couto, Luan Paz, Luiza Oliveira, Juliana Girón Bastidas, Paola Arosi Bottezini, Lucas Machado Notargiacomo, Carlos Arthur Ferreira, Luciano Pighinelli, Caren Serra Bavaresco, Patricia Pranke, Myrian Brew   +13 more
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Development and optimization of electrophoretically deposited octacalcium phosphate-collagen film as bone analogues. [PDF]

Regen Biomater
Staunton-Mann KJ, Wei G, Kress T, Barrett DJ, Duer MJ, Cameron RE, Best SM.   +6 more
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