Paulo Augusto Chagas Marques, Nayrim Brizuela Guerra, Lindomar Soares Dos Santos, Cassamo Ussemane Mussagy, Giovana Sant'Ana Pegorin Brasil, Betina Sayeg Burd, Yanjin Su, Josana Carla da Silva Sasaki, Mateus Scontri, Paulo Eduardo de Lima Lopes Filho, Glaucio Ribeiro Silva, Matheus Carlos Romeiro Miranda, Ernando Silva Ferreira, Fernando Lucas Primo, Mariza Aires Fernandes, Antônio Eduardo Miller Crotti, Siqi He, Samuel Forster, Changyu Ma, Natan Roberto de Barros, Ricardo José de Mendonça, Vadim Jucaud, Bingbing Li, Rondinelli Donizetti Herculano, Juliana Ferreira Floriano
Natural Rubber Latex (NRL) has shown to be a promising biomaterial for use as a drug delivery system to release various bioactive compounds. It is cost-effective, easy to handle, biocompatible, and exhibits pro-angiogenic and pro-healing properties for both soft and hard tissues. NRL releases compounds following burst and sustained release kinetics, exhibiting first-order release kinetics. Moreover, its pore density can be adjusted for tailored kinetics profiles. In addition, biotechnological applications of NRL in amblyopia, smart mattresses, and neovaginoplasty have demonstrated success...
April 16, 2024: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules