Fabrication of pliable biodegradable polymer foams to engineer soft tissues

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 465-473

  Wake, M Conley ^a   Gupta, Puneet K ^a   Mikos, Antonios G ^a,b  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradable polymer scaffolds; Pliable foams; Poly(ethylene glycol); Poly(lactic co glycolic acid); Soft tissues; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER; MACROGOL; POLYGLACTIN;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOENGINEERING; FOAM; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR RATE; SOFT TISSUE; WEIGHT;

EID: 0029900450     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0963-6897(96)00025-5     Document Type: Article

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