Chitosan raw material in aquarium?
Sea Life visitors in Blankenberge, Belgium will be amazed about the new entrant. Besides penguin chicks and seals the Giant Japanese Spider Crab "Crabzilla" moved in on April 2.
Publications in 2010
Find an overview of scientific publications dealing with chitosan in 2010.
Youth in Research - successful chitosan project
This year again students run experiments with chitosan. Johannes W. at the secondary school “Gymnasium Oberalster” in Hamburg produced biodegradable films containing chitin or chitosan.
3D Chitosan Scaffold makes stem cells grow
Researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle, USA designed a promising novel three-dimensional scaffold for stem cells. Main ingredients are chitosan and alginate.
Chitosan - effective alternative to growth-promoting antibiotics
Scientists at the Basque technological centre Neiker-Tecnalia tested chitosan as a healthy alternative to prohibited, growth-promoting antibiotics for ruminants.
Antimicrobial effects of chitosan in seafood
Scientists of the University of Hamburg investigated the activity of chitosan against four microorganisms that can be found especially in seafood.
Current articles about chitosannanoparticles
In the first two months of this year numerous articles about chitosannanoparticles has been published into the following journals: biomaterials [6], biomed mater res a [2], j mater sci-mater m [2], langmuir [2], biomacromolecules [2]. The Authors are from Asia, Europe and Northamerica.
chitosan, nanoparticles, cancer, white spot syndrome, Lecithin