Bioengineering of Pulmonary Epithelium With Preservation of the Vascular Niche

The shortage of transplantable donor organs directly affects patients with end-stage lung disease, for which transplantation remains the only definitive treatment. With the current acceptance rate of donor lungs of only 20%, rescuing even one half of the rejected donor lungs would increase the numbe...

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Main Authors: N. Valerio Dorrello, Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fbioe.2020.00269/full