Managing water penetration<\/h3>\nBy varying the amounts of succinic acid, the international team controlled the rate at which water penetrated the material, thus changing the degradation speed. Usually, the structural changes that increase degradation speed would cause a loss of strength, however this material mimics natural rubber and allows its mechanical properties to be finely controlled. Therefore, any loss of strength can be compensated for by making suitable stereochemical adjustments. This is a significant advance that has so far not been achieved in any other degradable biomaterial.<\/p>\n
Co-author of the study Professor Andrew Dove explains: \u201cBiological tissues are complex with varying elastic properties. Efforts to produce synthetic replacements that have the right physical characteristics and that can also degrade in the body have been ongoing for decades.<\/p>\n
\u201cPart of the challenge is that a \u2018one-size-fits-all\u2019 approach doesn\u2019t work. Our research opens up the possibility of engineering biological implants with properties that can be fine-tuned for each specific application.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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