Researchers from the Department of Polymer Science at Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) have developed a herbal, biodegradable, biomedical material that could be used in surgical interventions. The tissue engineering scaffold is a herbally-bred composite material made of microfibers extracted from the traditional Indian medicinal plant Changalamparanda (Cissus quadrangularis) and a biodegradable polymer called polycaprolactone . This material offers supportive assistance to the healing of bone defects that could result from trauma, surgical procedures, or bone infections.
In addition, in cases where the body’s mechanism fails to rectify bone defects because the dimensions exceed the critical size, this bonesetter scaffold can provide adequate support to augment bone defect repair. The microfibers in the herbal-based bonesetter dissolve slowly, giving time for the…
