Tissue engineering of cartilage and bone /
In its early days, tissue engineering was driven by material scientists who designed novel bio-resorbable scaffolds on which to seed cells and grow tissues. This ground-breaking work generated high expectations, but there have been significant stumbling blocks holding back the widespread use of thes...
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| Other Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chichester, UK ; Hoboken, NJ :
J. Wiley,
2003.
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| Series: | Novartis Foundation symposium ;
249. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | In its early days, tissue engineering was driven by material scientists who designed novel bio-resorbable scaffolds on which to seed cells and grow tissues. This ground-breaking work generated high expectations, but there have been significant stumbling blocks holding back the widespread use of these techniques in the clinic. These challenges, and potential ways of overcoming them, are given thorough coverage in the discussions that follow each chapter. |
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| Item Description: | Wiley EBA |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 251 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780470867976 0470864230 9780470864234 |
