Hydrogels in regenerative medicine: Towards understanding structure-function relationships

Regenerative Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 809-821

  Mather, Melissa L ^a   Tomlins, Paul E ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

haracterization; hydrogel; metrology; regenerative medicine; structure function

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; CHITOSAN; MACROGOL; NANOMATERIAL; POLYGLACTIN; POLYMER; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SUSPENSION; CELL TYPE; CROSS LINKING; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ENCAPSULATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HYDROGEL; KINETICS; MEASUREMENT; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; PERMEABILITY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION;

HUMANS; HYDROGELS; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 77957575463     PISSN: 17460751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/rme.10.32     Document Type: Review

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