Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52929#.VKyjCcnQrzE Author(s) Anamaria Teodora Coêlho Rios Silva , Barbara Camilla Oliveira Cardoso , Maria Elisa Scarpelli Ribeiro e Silva , Roberto Fernando Souza Freitas , Ricardo Geraldo Sousa * Affiliation(s) Polymer Science and Technology Laboratory, Chemical Engineering Department, School of Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil . ABSTRACT The poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid), known as PLGA, is one of the main bioreabsorbable polymers used in the field of medicine today. This copolymer is widely applied in sutures, devices geared toward the controlled release of medication, and the guided regeneration of bone tissue as it presents a short degradation time. This work aimed to synthesize the 82/18 PLGA (expressed by the mass ratio of D,L-lactide and glycolide, respectively), to characterize and study the in...
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