Artificial skin--culturing of different skin cell lines for generating an artificial skin substitute on cross-weaved spider silk fibres.

BACKGROUND: In the field of Plastic Reconstructive Surgery the development of new innovative matrices for skin repair is in urgent need. The ideal biomaterial should promote attachment, proliferation and growth of cells. Additionally, it should degrade in an appropriate time period without releasing...

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Main Authors: Hanna Wendt, Anja Hillmer, Kerstin Reimers, Joern W Kuhbier, Franziska Schäfer-Nolte, Christina Allmeling, Cornelia Kasper, Peter M Vogt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3144206?pdf=render

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