Engineering the Myocardial Niche in a Microscale Self-assembling Tissue-mimetic in vitro Model

Drug- and cell-based strategies for treating heart disease, including myocardial infarction, face significant roadblocks on the path to the clinic, a primary obstacle being the lack of information-rich in vitro human model systems. Conventional model systems are hampered by at least one of three fun...

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Main Author: Thavandiran, Nimalan
Other Authors: Zandstra, Peter W.
Language:en_ca
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/32494