Chitosan-Based Hyaluronic Acid Hybrid Polymer Fibers as a Scaffold Biomaterial for Cartilage Tissue Engineering.docVIP

Polymers 2011, 3, 100-113; doi:10.3390/polym3010100 OPEN ACCESS polymers ISSN 2073-4360 /journal/polymers Review Chitosan-Based Hyaluronic Acid Hybrid Polymer Fibers as a Scaffold Biomaterial for Cartilage Tissue Engineering Norimasa Iwasaki 1,*, Yasuhiko Kasahara 1, Shintarou Yamane 1, Tatsuya Igarashi 1, Akio Minami 1 and Shin-ichiro Nisimura 2 1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita 15, Nishi 7, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan; E-Mails: kasa14@rose.ocn.ne.jp (Y.K.); yamane629@yahoo.co.jp (S.Y.); iga@amber.plala.or.jp (T.I.); a-minami@med.hokudai.ac.j