Tissue engineering: Current state and perspectives

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-8

  Lavik, E ^a   Langer, R ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; HEMOPOIETIC GROWTH FACTOR;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

BIOREACTOR DESIGN; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL TYPE; COMPLEX FORMATION; COMPOSITE GRAFT; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; GRAFT REJECTION; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN GRAFT; STEM CELL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 3843138379     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-004-1580-z     Document Type: Short Survey

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