బయోటెక్నాలజీ & బయోమెటీరియల్స్

నైరూప్య

Hybrid Amniotic Membrane Dressing with Green Silver Nanoparticles as Bioengineered Skin for Wounds and Burns: A Pilot Studies

Balasundari Ramesh, Jaikanth Chandrasekaran, Sangeetha Jeevankumar, George Jacob and Kotturathu Mammen Cherian

Fabrication of 3D novel scaffolds is very challenging and critical to achieve the appropriate function for tissue regeneration. This study aims to develop a hybrid biological nano-scaffold using Liquid nitrogen (LN2) decellularised human amniotic membrane (hAM), human umbilical cord derived collagen nano-fibres and green silver nanoparticles obtained by green synthesis of curcumin. A novel attempt was made to develop in vitro bioengineered dermal layer by seeding the scaffold with cord blood derived Mesenchymal stem cells (CBMSCs) and trans-differentiating them to keratinocytes and dermal fibroblast like cells using keloid foreskin conditioned media. Furthermore, the small animal experiments in Albino Wistar rats prove it to be a safe healing product without scar formation. This novel scaffold can be a promising dressing material for none healing ulcers and burns. This scaffold has long shelf life, easy to apply, have sustained/controlled release of silver, the minimum frequency of dressing changes, manage excessive exudates, moisture retainment, reduce inflammation and facilitate autolytic debridement.