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A unique and promising scaffolding structure for animal cell culture:Carbon nanotubes

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Title A unique and promising scaffolding structure for animal cell culture:Carbon nanotubes
 
Creator RAFEEQI, TOWSEEF AMIN
KAUL, GAUTAM
 
Subject Animal cell culture; Carbon nanotubes; Tissue engineering
 
Description Recently the development of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as a scaffold in animal cell culture has attracted a great deal of attention. The CNTs, which are macromolecular form of carbon of nanoscale dimensions, are viewed as a class of material with high potential for biological applications due to their unique mechanical, physical and chemical properties. CNTs may serve as an important component in imparting novel properties to the biomatrix necessary for cell growth and may provide the initial structural reinforcement needed for newly created tissue scaffolds. Supporting the use of CNTs as scaffold in tissue engineering many cell types like neuronal cells, fibroblasts and bone cells have been successfully grown on it. CNTs have also been used as in tracking of implanted cells, cancer therapy, biological sensors and as a bioactive delivery agent for DNA and drugs into the cells. Although significant promise has been shown by CNTs in emerging bio-technology, however the potential exposure of CNTs to environment and human has also shown great concern about their toxicological hazard and consequently more investigations are necessarily required.
 
Publisher Directorate of Knowledge Management in Agriculture
 
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Date 2010-12-13
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/2224
 
Source The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences; Vol 80, No 12 (2010)
0367-8318
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/2224/552
 
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