Microcarriers can be made from a number of different materials including DEAE-dextran, glass, polystyrene plastic, acrylamide, collagen, and alginate.
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It was produced in 1980 by making an alginate cast of a live, wild Kenyan elephant bull, which survived the 72 minute process unharmed.
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An example of the implementation of the IVB approach was in the engineering of autologous bone by injecting calcium alginate in a sub-periosteal location.
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Calcium alginate is used in different types of medical products including skin wound dressings to promote healing and can be removed with less pain than conventional dressings.
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Between 100, 000 and 170, 000 wet tons of " Macrocystis " are harvested annually in New Mexico for alginate extraction and abalone feed.
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Alginate absorbs water quickly, which makes it useful as an additive in dehydrated products such as slimming aids, and in the manufacture of paper and textiles.
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In dentistry, syneresis is the expulsion of water or other liquid molecules from dental impression materials ( Alginate for example ) after an impression has been taken.
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A more recent technique is frozen reverse spherification, which involves pre-freezing spheres containing calcium lactate gluconate and then submerging them in a sodium alginate bath.
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The impression may be obtained by using a specifically designed impression kit that uses dental putty, or from a dentist who will take an impression in dental alginate material.
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Calcium alginate, made from sodium alginate from which the sodium salt has been removed and replaced with calcium, has the chemical formula C 12 H 14 CaO 12.
