Seasonal fantasies in scaffolds.
When tissue-engineering (TE) products started to emerge a few years ago, it seemed that the natural choice for the degradable scaffolds would be the same synthetic aliphatic polyesters that are used for absorbable medical devices. However, it is now becoming clearer that different solutions are required for the construction of these important constituents of TE products.
Department of Clinical Engineering, University of Liverpool. dfw.ce@liverpool.ac.uk
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D020341:Absorbable Implants; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D002468:Cell Physiological Phenomena; D046508:Culture Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000502:physiology*; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D011108:Polymers; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends
D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D011108:Polymers