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Kathryn Uhrich
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| Address: |
610 Taylor Road |
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Piscataway, NJ 08854 |
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311 Wright-Rieman Labs |
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732 445-0361 |
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uhrich@rutchem.rutgers.edu |
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| The focus in my laboratory is on the synthesis and characterization of biocompatible polymers for medical and dental applications such as drug delivery and tissue engineering. Our polymers are designed to degrade by incorporating ester, anhydride and/or amide bonds into the polymer backbone bonds that can be biodegraded by enzymes o hydrolyzed in the aqueous milieu of the body. Biocompatibility is then measured in terms of the biological response to the polymers as well as to the polymers' degradation products. |
Recent Papers:
1. Steege, KE; Wang, J; Uhrich, KE and Castner, EW “Local Polarity and Microviscosity in the Hydrophobic Cores of Amphiphilic Star-like Macromolecules and Amphiphilic Scorpion-like Macromolecules”, Macromolecules, 40 3739-3748 (2007).
2. Langowski, BA and Uhrich, KE “Microscale Plasma Initiated Patterning (mPIP)”, Langmuir, 21, 10509-10514 (2005).
3. Reynolds, MA; Prudencio, A; Aichelmann-Reidy, ME, Woodward, K; and Uhrich, KE “Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug (NSAID)-derived Poly(anhydride-esters) in Bone and Periodontal Regeneration”, Curr. Drug Delivery, 4(3), 233-239 (2007).
http://rutchem.rutgers.edu/faculty/uhrich.html
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