Reducing the number of laboratory animals used in tissue engineering research by restricting the variety of animal models. Articular cartilage tissue engineering as a case study

Tissue Engineering - Part B: Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 427-435

  De Vries, Rob B M ^a   Buma, Pieter ^b   Leenaars, Marlies ^a   Ritskes Hoitinga, Merel ^a   Gordijn, Bert ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICULAR CARTILAGES; CLINICAL APPLICATION; ETHICAL ISSUES; ETHICAL QUESTION; LABORATORY ANIMALS; LEADING EXPERTS; PREDICTIVE VALUES; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; TISSUE ENGINEERED PRODUCTS;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE; LABORATORIES; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

RESEARCH;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONSCIOUSNESS; EMBASE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HUMAN; MEDLINE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84869047244     PISSN: 19373368     EISSN: 19373376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.teb.2012.0059     Document Type: Article

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