Warp-Knitted Spacer Fabrics: A Versatile Platform to Generate Fiber-Reinforced Hydrogels for 3D Tissue Engineering

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) possess huge potential for regenerative medicine. For tissue engineering approaches, scaffolds and hydrogels are routinely used as extracellular matrix (ECM) carriers. The present study investigated the feasibility of using textile-reinforced hydrogels with adjustable p...

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Main Authors: Benedikt Schäfer, Caroline Emonts, Nikola Glimpel, Tim Ruhl, Astrid S. Obrecht, Stefan Jockenhoevel, Thomas Gries, Justus P. Beier, Andreas Blaeser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-08-01
Series:Materials
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/13/16/3518