USING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE (ATP) AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR MECHANICAL STIMULATION FOR TISSUE ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS

Osteoarthritis is the end result of damage to articular cartilage, which lacks the ability to self-repair. Tissue engineering of cartilage is a promising field of study that aims to promote healing of cartilage in vivo by manipulation of the chondrocytes that maintain the tissue, or through in vitr...

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Main Author: BOW, JENNIFER K
Other Authors: Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Theses (Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.))
Language:en
en
Published: 2011
Subjects:
ATP
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1974/6290