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Eggshell for Biomedical Applications

  • 1st Edition - May 1, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Mahesh K. Sah, Maxwell Hincke, Tamer Ahmed
  • Language: English

Eggshell for Biomedical Applications is an authoritative exploration of eggshell's diverse biomedical uses. Offering a sustainable resource for biomaterials development, eggshe… Read more

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Description

Eggshell for Biomedical Applications is an authoritative exploration of eggshell's diverse biomedical uses. Offering a sustainable resource for biomaterials development, eggshell is an important natural alternative to traditional synthetic materials; this book reviews advances in this area and provides a holistic overview of the benefits and uses of eggshell for biomedical applications. This guide covers the unique properties of eggshell and eggshell membrane, such as high biocompatibility and antimicrobial activity, as well as a broad range of suitable biomedical applications, including drug delivery, tissue engineering, wound healing, and biosensors. The commercialization of eggshell products is explored, detailing new-to-market products as well as key patents. Eggshell for Biomedical Applications is of interest to researchers and academics in the fields of materials science, biomaterials, biomedical engineering, pharmaceutical sciences, and regenerative medicine.

Key features

  • Covers the unique properties and benefits of both eggshell and eggshell membrane, as well as key separation technologies
  • Reviews a wide range of biomedical applications of eggshell and eggshell membrane, including tissue engineering and regeneration, drug delivery, cancer therapy, and biosensors
  • Explores the commercialization and sustainable impact of eggshell biomaterials, reflecting on potential challenges

Readership

Researchers in the fields of materials science, biomaterials, biomedical engineering, and pharmaceutical sciences.

Table of contents

Section I: Introduction to Eggshell and its Membrane for Biomedical Applications

1. Structure and Functions of Eggshell and its Membrane

2. Eggshell Waste as a Sustainable Source of Biocompatible Materials

3. Separation Technologies of Eggshell and Eggshell Membrane

Section II: Eggshell Biomedical Applications

4. Eggshell-Inspired Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering

5. Eggshell-Derived Biomaterials for Bone Regeneration

6. Eggshell-Derived Composites for Cartilage Regeneration

7. Eggshell-Derived Biomaterials for Drug Delivery

8. Eggshell-Derived Composites for Development of Biosensors

9. Eggshell-Derived Nanoparticles for Cancer Theranostics

10. Bioactive Eggshell-Derived Calcium Formulations as a Food Supplement

11. Recent Patents and Commercial Products

Section III: Eggshell Membrane Biomedical Applications

12. Antimicrobial Activity of Eggshell Membrane

13. Antioxidant and Anti-inflammatory Bioactivities of Eggshell Membrane

14. Eggshell Membrane for Tissue Regeneration

15. Eggshell Membrane for Wound Healing Dressing Biomaterials and Cosmetics

16. Eggshell Membrane for the Development of Biosensors

17. Eggshell Membrane as a Health Supplement

18. Recent patents and Commercial Products

Section IV: Future Perspectives

19. Challenges and Opportunities of Eggshell Applications

20. Eggshell Biomaterials Development and Commercialization

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: May 1, 2026
  • Language: English

About the editors

MS

Mahesh K. Sah

Dr. Mahesh K. Sah is Assistant Professor at the Department of Biotechnology, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab, India. Dr. Mahesh received his PhD from Department of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha, India in 2013. After gaining post-doctoral training from Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, he joined at Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh, and since January 2018 he is serving Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, Punjab. He has been awarded Bharat Vikas Award-2016 and Green Thinkerz Award-2019 for his contribution in the area of biotechnology. He is working on development of natural based biomaterials for tissue regeneration equipped with advanced tools and techniques in the field aiming for green materials and techniques for tissue engineering.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab, India

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Maxwell Hincke

Dr. Maxwell Hincke is a senior scientist and tenured Full Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa. Hincke received his Ph.D. (Biochemistry) from the University of Alberta, Canada, followed by post-doctoral training at the Centre de Recherche en Biochimie Macromoléculaire (CNRS), Montpellier, France. His main research program is passionately focused on understanding molecular control of calcitic biomineralization, which includes innate immunity of the avian egg. Integrated defence strategies that operate at biomineralized barriers are a hallmark of sophisticated biological structures. The eggshell provides a barrier function and acts in concert with antimicrobial proteins to maintain the pathogen-free status of the egg. These two coupled features are essential for food safety of the unfertilized egg and reveal the egg / eggshell contents as a bio-inspiration for identification of novel antimicrobials. Hincke investigates how molecular control of calcitic biomineralization is exerted during eggshell calcification in parallel with multi-tasking antimicrobial strategies. His main research program is focused on biomedical applications of eggshell, eggshell membranes, and biomaterial-based antimicrobials. He is an international expert on proteins associated with the eggshell matrix and membranes, and on their functional implications in eggshell mineralization and innate immune protection of the egg. His vision is that these insights can be reverse-engineered for application to human health and therapeutics.

Affiliations and expertise
Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa University, Ottawa, Canada

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Tamer Ahmed

Dr. Tamer A. E. Ahmed is a Part-time Professor at the Faculty of Health Sciences and a Research Associate and Lab Manager at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Ahmed received his Ph.D. (Cellular and Molecular Medicine, 2010) from the University of Ottawa under the supervision of Dr. Maxwell T. Hincke after being awarded a full doctoral scholarship from the mission affairs of the Egyptian government. His Post-doctoral training was completed at the University of Ottawa Research Institute (OHRI) in Dr. Griffith’s Laboratory. In 2011, Dr. Ahmed became Assistant Professor at the Medical Biotechnology Department, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Institute, City of Scientific Research and Technology Applications (SRTA-City), Alexandria, Egypt. In 2014, he joined Dr. Hincke’s laboratory as a Research Associate and Visiting Scientist and then became a part-time professor at the Faculty of Health Sciences in 2023. Dr. Ahmed is an expert in exploiting biomaterial composition using proteomics and bioinformatics and their utilization for tissue engineering/regenerative medicine and health promotion through in vitro and in vivo models.
Affiliations and expertise
Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada