Wet spun microfibers: Potential in the design of controlled-release scaffolds?

Therapeutic Delivery

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1075-1077

  Mathiowitz, Edith ^a   Lavin, Danya M ^b   Hopkins, Richard A ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled release; Drug delivery; Multifunctional scaffolds; Polymeric fibers; Wet spinning

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD; NANOFIBER; NYLON;

ACCELERATION; CONTROLLED RELEASE FORMULATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; EDITORIAL; ELECTROSPINNING; MICROENCAPSULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84884151221     PISSN: 20415990     EISSN: 20416008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/tde.13.73     Document Type: Editorial

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