Micro- and nanotechnology in tissue engineering

Tissue Engineering: From Lab to Clinic

Volumn 9783642028243, Issue , 2011, Pages 3-29

  Coutinho, Daniela ^a,b   Costa, Pedro ^a,b   Neves, Nuno ^a,b   Gomes, Manuela E ^a,b   Reis, Rui L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b PT Government   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); TISSUE;

ACTIVE AGENTS; ANALYSIS TOOLS; CELLULAR ADHESION; CELLULAR MICROENVIRONMENT; PRODUCTION METHODS;

TISSUE REGENERATION;

EID: 84867378108     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02824-3_1     Document Type: Chapter

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