COHESIVE COPRECIPITATES OF SULFATED POLYSACCHARIDE AND FIBRILLAR PROTEIN AND USE THEREOF

摘要

The present invention concerns cohesive biopolymer gels comprising coprecipitates of sulfated polysaccharides and fibrillar proteins, exemplifi ed by coprecipitates of dextran sulfate and gelatin, useful for clinical applications including as implants for tissue engineering as well as in biotechnology. The cohesive biopolymer gels according to the present inventi on may be used clinically either per se or as a scaffold for a cell-bearing implant, as a depot for sustained release of bioactive agents, or for resear ch and biotechnology.