β-Carotene: a natural osteogen to fabricate osteoinductive electrospun scaffolds

Electrospun Osteoconductive and Osteoinductive Bicomponent Scaffolds: Controlled Release of rhBMP-2 and Enhanced Biological Performance of Scaffolds

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Electrospun Scaffolds for Heart Valve Tissue Engineering

INTRODUCTION Heart valve replacements are required for a number of heart diseases and replacements, as well as for both pediatric and adult populations. It is estimated that 2.5% of the population has valvular heart disease [1], and annually, over 250,000 people worldwide receive heart valve replacements [1]. Tissue engineering (TE) strategies hold the most promise for permanently restoring the...

Multifunctional Ternary Drug-Loaded Electrospun Scaffolds

Electrospun nanostructured scaffolds for tissue engineering applications.

Despite being known for decades (since 1934), electrospinning has emerged recently as a very widespread technology to produce synthetic nanofibrous structures. These structures have morphologies and fiber diameters in a range comparable with those found in the extracellular matrix of human tissues. Therefore, nanofibrous scaffolds are intended to provide improved environments for cell attachmen...

β-Carotene in Golden Rice is as good as β-carotene in oil at providing vitamin A to children.

BACKGROUND Golden Rice (GR) has been genetically engineered to be rich in β-carotene for use as a source of vitamin A. OBJECTIVE The objective was to compare the vitamin A value of β-carotene in GR and in spinach with that of pure β-carotene in oil when consumed by children. DESIGN Children (n = 68; age 6-8 y) were randomly assigned to consume GR or spinach (both grown in a nutrient solutio...