Isolation and maintenance-free culture of contractile myotubes from Manduca sexta embryos.

Skeletal muscle tissue engineering has the potential to treat tissue loss and degenerative diseases. However, these systems are also applicable for a variety of devices where actuation is needed, such as microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and robotics. Most current efforts to generate muscle bioa...

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Main Authors: Amanda L Baryshyan, William Woods, Barry A Trimmer, David L Kaplan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22355379/?tool=EBI