Fiber-based tissue engineering: Progress, challenges, and opportunities

Biotechnology Advances

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 669-687

  Tamayol, Ali ^a   Akbari, Mohsen ^a   Annabi, Nasim ^b,c,d   Paul, Arghya ^b,c,d   Khademhosseini, Ali ^b,c,d   Juncker, David ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell laden constructs; Fiber based techniques; Scaffold fabrication; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

CELL-LADEN CONSTRUCTS; CLINICAL PRACTICES; FIBER BASED TISSUES; FIBER-BASED TECHNIQUES; FUNCTIONAL TISSUE; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; PHYSIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT; SCAFFOLD FABRICATION;

BIOACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMECHANICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TEXTILE FIBERS; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

BIOACTIVITY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84879412130     PISSN: 07349750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2012.11.007     Document Type: Review

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