Nanoscaffold based stem cell regeneration therapy: Recent advancement and future potential

Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1649-1661

  Prakash, Satya ^a   Khan, Afshan ^a   Paul, Arghya ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

cell and tissue engineering; nanobiotechnology; nanofibrous scaffold; nanomedicine; regenerative medicine; stem cells

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; ELECTROSPINNING; HUMAN; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; POROSITY; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMANS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; REGENERATION; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 78249256672     PISSN: 14712598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14712598.2010.528387     Document Type: Review

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