BC Cocoon

Bacterial cellulose cocoon (BC Cocoon). A BC cocoon is a macroscopic body of bacterial cellulose nanofibers biosynthesized in the form of a hidrogel, under controlled fluid dynamic, geometrical and culture conditions. It resembles a cocoon in such a way that it has an external membrane and a gel-like ellipsoid or other rounded form body where one can grow different types of cells, including human cells. BC cocoons with total volume of a decaliter (100 mL) or more were first made at the Integrated Technologies Laboratory (InteLab), Chemical and Food Engineering Department (Technological Center), Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC). BC cocoons find a wide variety of scientific and technical applications, including food and biomedical biomaterials, particularly for tissue engineering implants and devices, organ engineering and regenerative medicine.

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• Cocoon
• hydrogel
• bacterial cellulose
• BC cocoon
• macroscopic body
• BC scaffold
• tissue engineering
• regenerative medicine
• organ engineering