An ex vivo human cartilage repair model to evaluate the potency of a cartilage cell transplant
Abstract Background Cell-based therapies such as autologous chondrocyte implantation are promising therapeutic approaches to treat cartilage defects to prevent further cartilage degeneration. To assure consistent quality of cell-based therapeutics, it is important to be able to predict the biologica...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2016-11-01
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Series: | Journal of Translational Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12967-016-1065-8 |