Vitus, Vieralynda and Ibrahim, Fatimah and Zaman, Wan Safwani Wan Kamarul (2022) Valorization of Human Hair and Its Derivatives in Tissue Engineering: A Review. Tissue Engineering Part C-Methods, 28 (10). pp. 529-544. ISSN 1937-3392, DOI https://doi.org/10.1089/ten.tec.2021.022333.
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Human hair is a potential biomaterial for biomedical applications. Improper disposal of human hair may pose various adverse effects on the environment and human health. Therefore, proper management of human hair waste is pivotal. Human hair fiber and its derivatives offer various advantages as biomaterials such as biocompatibility, biodegradability, low toxicity, radical scavenging, electroconductivity, and intrinsic biological activity. Therefore, the favorable characteristics of human hair have rendered its usage in tissue engineering (TE) applications including skin, cardiac, nerve, bone, ocular, and periodontal. Moreover, the strategies by utilizing human hair as a biomaterial for TE applications may reduce the accumulation of human hair. Thus, it also improves human hair waste management while promoting natural, environmental-friendly, and nontoxic materials. Furthermore, promoting sustainable materials production will benefit human health and well-being. Hence, this article reviews and discusses human hair characteristics as sustainable biomaterials and their recent application in TE applications. Impact StatementThis review article highlights the sustainability aspects of human hair as raw biomaterials and various elements of human hair that could potentially be used in tissue engineering (TE) applications. Furthermore, this article discusses numerous benefits of human hair, highlighting its value as biomaterials in bioscaffold development for TE applications. Moreover, this article reviews the role and effect of human hair in various TE applications, including skin, cardiac, nerve, bone, ocular, and periodontal.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Human hair; Keratin; Biomaterials; Bioscaffold; Tissue engineering applications; Valorization |
| Subjects: | T Technology > T Technology (General) T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering Faculty of Engineering > Biomedical Engineering Department |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Nov 2024 02:58 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Nov 2024 02:58 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/40444 |
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