Applications of MEMS technologies in tissue engineering

Tissue Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2839-2854

  Puleo, Christopher M ^a   Yeh, Hsin Chih ^b   Wang, Tza Huei ^a,b,c  

^a Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine   (United States)

^b Whiting School of Engineering   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MEDICINE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BURGEONING FIELD; MICROANALYTICAL SYSTEMS; MICROFLUIDIC CULTURE TECHNOLOGIES;

MEMS;

DIMETICONE; MACROGOL; QUANTUM DOT;

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CELL MANIPULATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FORECASTING; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36849063806     PISSN: 10763279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.2007.0214     Document Type: Review

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