UPC Student Achieves Control Of Collagen Nanofibers To Manufacture Synthetic Knee Cartilage

In her final project, entitled “A Study of the Formation of Collagen Nanofibers using Electrospinning”, Camila Flor, a student at the School of Industrial and Aeronautic Engineering of Terrassa, reports on the manufacturing of synthetic cartilage similar to human cartilage, for medical use. Protection of the knee for disabled people with prostheses may be one of the first applications. The work is part of a macroproject coordinated by the laboratory of Dr.

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