Local and sustainable production of biomaterials
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Subjects Biomedical materialsResearch management Swathi Kumar, Lakshmi Sujeesh, Lois Hong, Jennifer Young and Andrew Holle discuss how scientists can work with communities in low- and middle-income countries to address health-related challenges. Access through your institution Buy or subscribe This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution Access options Access through your institution Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription $32.99 / 30 days cancel any time Learn more Subscribe to this journal Receive 12 print issues and online access $259.00 per year only $21.58 per issue Learn more Buy this articlePurchase on SpringerLinkInstant access to the full article PDF.USD 39.95Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout Fig. 1: Sustainable wound dressing patches made from seaweed. Author informationAuthors and AffiliationsDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, SingaporeSwathi Kumar, Lakshmi Sujeesh, Jennifer L. Young & Andrew W. HolleMaluk Timor, Dili, Timor-LesteLois HongMechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore, SingaporeJennifer L. Young & Andrew W. HolleAuthorsSwathi KumarView author publicationsSearch author on:PubMed Google ScholarLakshmi SujeeshView author publicationsSearch author on:PubMed Google ScholarLois HongView author publicationsSearch author on:PubMed Google ScholarJennifer L. YoungView author publicationsSearch author on:PubMed Google ScholarAndrew W. HolleView author publicationsSearch author on:PubMed Google ScholarCorresponding authorsCorrespondence to Jennifer L. Young or Andrew W. Holle.Ethics declarations Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests. Rights and permissionsReprints and permissionsAbout this articleCite this articleKumar, S., Sujeesh, L., Hong, L. et al. Local and sustainable production of biomaterials. Nat. Mater. (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-025-02451-zDownload citationPublished: 11 December 2025Version of record: 11 December 2025DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-025-02451-zShare this articleAnyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content:Get shareable linkSorry, a shareable link is not currently available for this article.Copy shareable link to clipboard Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative