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Mutagenic and clastogenic characterization of poststerilized poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate) copolymer biosynthesized by Delftia acidovorans.
Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A - 1 Dec 2009
Siew Ee Ling, Rajab Nor Fadilah, Osman Annuar Bin, Sudesh Kumar, Inayat-Hussain Salmaan Hussain
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Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are naturally occurring biopolyesters that have great potential in the medical field. However, the leachables resulting from sterilization process of the biomaterials may exert toxic effect including genetic damage. Here, we demonstrate that although gamma-irradiation...
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