Application of tissue engineering to the immune system: Development of artificial lymph nodes

The goal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine is to develop synthetic versions of human organs for transplantation, in vitro toxicology testing and to understand basic mechanisms of organ function. A variety of different approaches have been utilized to replicate the microenvironments fou...

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Main Authors: Tom eCupedo, Abraham D Stroock, Mark Christopher Coles
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2012.00343/full