In our laboratories, the primary criteria for designing polymers to be used in medical applications are three-fold: the polymers should be biodegradable, biocompatible and facilitate functional] Whether used for drug delivery or tissue engineering applications, resorbable or biodegradable polymers are generally advantageous because biological exposure is reduced in the long-term. Biodegradable polymers are frequently determined to be biocompatible, or more typically, non-cytotoxic, even thought the polymer degradation products often induce a negative biological response.
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