Gamma radiation sterilization denatures collagen. Glucose helps stabilize it during this process.
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/106562866/HTMLSTART
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/106562866/HTMLSTART
Antioxidant releasing collagen matrix used to improve dermal wound healing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=14738855
Cultured fibroblasts on a hyaluronic acid and collagen matrix used to accelerate burn healing.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=14975017