Application of Fluid Flow for Functional Tissue Engineering of Bone Marrow Stromal Cells

In the United States, nearly half a million bone graft operations are performed annually to repair defects arising from birth defects, trauma, and disease, making bone the second most transplanted tissue. Autogenous bone is the current gold standard for bone grafts; however it is in limited supply a...

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Main Author: Kreke, Michelle Renee
Other Authors: Chemical Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27321
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04262005-145757/