Nanotopographical control of stem cell differentiation

Journal of Tissue Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-13

  McNamara, Laura E ^a   McMurray, Rebecca J ^a   Biggs, Manus J P ^b   Kantawong, Fahsai ^a   Oreffo, Richard O C ^c   Dalby, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; CYTOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

CELL-FATE; CLINICAL THERAPY; ITS APPLICATIONS; MECHANISTICS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NANOTOPOGRAPHIES; SIZE AND SHAPE; STEM CELL DIFFERENTIATION; STEM-CELL; TOPOGRAPHICAL EFFECTS;

STEM CELLS;

EID: 84889907666     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20417314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4061/2010/120623     Document Type: Review

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