The diverse roles of hydrogel mechanics in injectable stem cell transplantation

Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue , 2017, Pages 15-23

  Foster, Abbygail A ^a   Marquardt, Laura M ^a   Heilshorn, Sarah C ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; CELL DEATH; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; HYDROGELS;

CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MECHANICAL FORCE; MECHANICAL REQUIREMENTS; MECHANICAL SUPPORT; POST INJECTION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; THERAPEUTIC EFFICACY; THERAPEUTIC FUNCTIONS;

STEM CELLS;

EID: 85004097419     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22113398     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coche.2016.11.003     Document Type: Review

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