Preparation of 3D fibrin scaffolds for stem cell culture applications

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 61, 2012, Pages

  Kolehmainen, Kathleen ^a   Willerth, Stephanie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioengineering; Biomaterials; Cell culture; Drug delivery; Extracellular matrix; Issue 61; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857884329     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/3641     Document Type: Article

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