Tissue engineering bacterial polyesters

Several types of bacterial polyesters that are produced by biosynthesis are poly-3-hydroxybutyrate, poly-4-hydroxybutyrate, poly-3-hydroxyvalerate, poly-3-hydroxyhexanoate, poly-3-hydroxy-heptanoate, etc., and their respective copolymer combinations. Due to their ability to degrade naturally in variety of environments, they will find a lot of applications in disposal items, short-term packaging, and also considered biocompatible in contact with living tissues and can be used for biomedical applications (e.g., drug encapsulation, tissue engineering) (Chauhan, 2012). 

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