Engineering tissues for in vitro applications

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 524-531

  Khetani, Salman R ^a   Bhatia, Sangeeta N ^a,b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR MICROENVIRONMENTS; CHEMICAL ENTITIES; MICROFABRICATION TOOLS; NUTRIENT TRANSPORTS;

BIOASSAY; BIOREACTORS; DISEASES; DRUG PRODUCTS; HYDROGELS; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEAR STRESS;

TISSUE CULTURE;

BIOREACTOR; CELL ASSAY; DISEASE COURSE; EMBRYOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; BIOREACTORS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CELL PHYSIOLOGY; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMANS; HYDROGEL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33748980058     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2006.08.009     Document Type: Review

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