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Development of 3D Printed Drug-Eluting Scaffolds for Preventing Piercing Infection

Herein, novel drug-eluting, bio-absorbable scaffold intended to cover piercing studs is introduced. This “biopierce” will stay in human tissue following piercing, and will slowly release an antimicrobial agent to prevent infection while the wound heals. Nearly 20% of all piercings lead to local infe...

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Autores principales: Naseri, Emad, Cartmell, Christopher, Saab, Matthew, Kerr, Russell G., Ahmadi, Ali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7557848/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32971854
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics12090901