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Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine /

The ability to grow new tissue and organs is an important goal of regenerative medicine. This book discusses new research in which cells are grown on artificial scaffolds to build replacement tissue that could be used to treat a variety of conditions and produce more organs desperately needed for tr...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Vacanti, Joseph (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cold Spring Harbor, New York : Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, [2017]
Series:Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine.
Subjects:
Tissue engineering.
Regenerative medicine.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biology > Developmental Biology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Cytology.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
Tissue Engineering > methods.
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Summary:The ability to grow new tissue and organs is an important goal of regenerative medicine. This book discusses new research in which cells are grown on artificial scaffolds to build replacement tissue that could be used to treat a variety of conditions and produce more organs desperately needed for transplants.
Physical Description:x, 161 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781621821281
1621821285