title: Development of hydrogels and biomimetic regulators as tissue engineering scaffolds.
abstract: This paper reviews major research and development issues relating to hydrogels as scaffolds for tissue engineering, the article starts with a brief introduction of tissue engineering and hydrogels as extracellular matrix mimics, followed by a description of the various types of hydrogels and preparation methods, before a discussion of the physical and chemical properties that are important to their application. There follows a short comment on the trends of future research and development. Throughout the discussion there is an emphasis on the genetic understanding of bone tissue engineering application.
authors: Department of Textile Sciences, Faculty of Human Ecology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada. shijunbin88@hotmail.com.
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authors: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada. xing@cc.umanitoba.ca.
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authors: Department of Textile Sciences, Faculty of Human Ecology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada. zhong@cc.umanitoba.ca.
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