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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2021
Upm-kymmene Corporation, Helsinki, FI;
Marjo Yliperttula, Espoo, FI;
Arto Merivaara, Helsinki, FI;
Elle Koivunotko, Helsinki, FI;
Kalle Manninen, Helsinki, FI;
Sami Valkonen, Kuopio, FI;
Markus Nuopponen, Helsinki, FI;
Lauri Paasonen, Järvenpää, FI;
UPM-KYMMENE CORPORATION, Helsinki, FI;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a method for controlling freeze-drying of a hydrogel wherein the method comprises adjusting the residual water content of the freeze-dried hydrogel, and to a freeze-dried hydrogel composition comprising nanoscale cellulose and a at least one biomolecule selected from an oligosaccharide or a disaccharide. The present disclosure further concerns the use of the freeze-dried hydrogel composition for cell culturing, a cell culturing scaffold as well as a process for manufacturing a reconstituted hydrogel.