Cardiac tissue engineering

Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 41-52

  Chiu, Loraine L Y ^a   Radisic, Milica ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL ENGINEERING; HEART; STEM CELLS; TISSUE;

ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; CARDIAC TISSUE ENGINEERING; ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; MECHANICAL STRETCHING; PHYSIOLOGIC CONDITIONS; TOPOGRAPHICAL CUES;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84875254267     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22113398     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coche.2013.01.002     Document Type: Review

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