A new electro-mechanical bioreactor for soft tissue engineering

Journal of Applied Biomaterials and Biomechanics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 107-116

  Mantero, Sara ^a   Sadr, N ^a   Riboldi, S A ^a   Lorenzoni, S ^a   Montevecchi, F M ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioreactor design; Dynamic culture; Electrical stimulation; Mechanical stimulation; Muscle tissue engineering; Soft tissue development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CELL CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; SOFT TISSUE; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 35349017018     PISSN: 17226899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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