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Article: Collagen — the most versatile of materials.
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- Biomedical Business & Technology
- Article date:
- December 1, 2006
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Collagen — the most versatile of materials
By JEFFREY BERG, PhD
BB&T Contributing Editor
In the first part of our review of the uses of collagen ("The ultimate in biomaterials — common collagen, Biomedical Business & Technology, November 2006), we looked at two broad sectors for its use, recombinant human collagen and collagen used in sealant, graft, neural and urological applications.
But a review of medical applications of collagen actually should start with dermal fillers because of the long history of use (more than 20 years) in this area, to smooth contour deficiencies.
Dermal ...