Engineering approaches toward deconstructing and controlling the stem cell environment

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1301-1315

  Edalat, Faramarz ^a,b   Bae, Hojae ^a,b   Manoucheri, Sam ^a,b   Cha, Jae Min ^a,b   Khademhosseini, Ali ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; High throughput; Microfluidics; Nano and microfabrication; Regenerative medicine

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CELL POPULATIONS; CELL-BASED; CELLULAR PROCESS; DISEASED TISSUES; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT; INNOVATIVE METHOD; MICRO TECHNOLOGY; MICROENVIRONMENTS; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; STEM-CELL NICHES;

BIOMATERIALS; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; MICROFLUIDICS; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

STEM CELLS;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; BIOMIMETICS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDICS; REGENERATION; REVIEW; STEM CELL; STEM CELL NICHE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETICS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROFLUIDICS; REGENERATION; STEM CELL NICHE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; TISSUE THERAPY;

EID: 84862154958     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-011-0452-9     Document Type: Article

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