A comparative study of the chondrogenic potential between synthetic and natural scaffolds in an in vivo bioreactor

The clinical demand for cartilage tissue engineering is potentially large for reconstruction defects resulting from congenital deformities or degenerative disease due to limited donor sites for autologous tissue and donor site morbidities. Cartilage tissue engineering has been successfully applied t...

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Main Author: Jung-Ju Huang, Shu-Rui Yang, I-Ming Chu, Eric M Brey, Hui-Yi Hsiao and Ming-Huei Cheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2013-01-01
Series:Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1468-6996/14/5/054403