Bioresponsive materials

Nature Reviews Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Lu, Yue ^a,b   Aimetti, Alex A ^c   Langer, Rober ^d,e,f   Gu, Zhen ^a,b,g  

^a USA and North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina   (United States)

^c InVivo Therapeutics Corporation   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 85016871029     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20588437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/natrevmats.2016.75     Document Type: Review

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