Development of a cell based chronic wound bioassay

Impaired wound healing affects 3% of the population over 60 and costs over £1 billion annually in the UK. Chronic wounds are characterised by prolonged inflammation, impaired re-epithelialisation and defective extracellular matrix (ECM) remodelling. Fibroblasts play an important role in th...

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Main Author: Caley, Matthew Peter
Published: Cardiff University 2008
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.584261