Advanced mycelium materials as potential self-growing biomedical scaffolds

Abstract Mycelia, the vegetative part of fungi, are emerging as the avant-garde generation of natural, sustainable, and biodegradable materials for a wide range of applications. They are constituted of a self-growing and interconnected fibrous network of elongated cells, and their chemical and physi...

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Main Authors: Maria Elena Antinori, Marco Contardi, Giulia Suarato, Andrea Armirotti, Rosalia Bertorelli, Giorgio Mancini, Doriana Debellis, Athanassia Athanassiou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-91572-x