Tissue engineering techniques in cardiac repair and disease modelling
Cell therapy has been proposed to treat patients with end-stage heart failure. However, it has been suggested that the significant mechanical forces in an often ischaemic, inflamed, biochemically hostile environment may cause poor cell survival and retention. It is hypothesised that tissue engineeri...
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Language: | English |
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2013-06-18.
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