The potential of stem cells and tissue engineered scaffolds for repair of the central nervous system

Stem Cells and Cancer Stem Cells, Volume 4: Therapeutic Applications in Disease and Injury

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 97-111

  Rodriguez, Alexandra L ^a   Nisbet, David R ^b   Parish, Clare L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioengineering; Neural repair; Scaffolds; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 85028307599     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2828-8_10     Document Type: Chapter

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