AC Albertsson, IK Varma - Biomacromolecules, 2003 - ACS Publications
Aliphatic polyesters prepared by ring-opening polymerization of lactones are now used worldwide as bioresorbabale devices in surgery (orthopaedic devices, sutures, stents, tissue …
I Martin, D Wendt, M Heberer - TRENDS in Biotechnology, 2004 - cell.com
Ex vivo engineering of living tissues is a rapidly developing area with the potential to impact significantly on a wide-range of biomedical applications. Major obstacles to the generation …
Joint pain due to cartilage degeneration is a serious problem, affecting people of all ages. Although many techniques, often surgical, are currently employed to treat this affliction, none …
CM Agrawal, RB Ray - … Research: An Official Journal of The …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Biodegradable scaffolds have played an important role in a number of tissue engineering attempts over the past decade. The goal of this review article is to provide a brief overview of …
J Kisiday, M Jin, B Kurz, H Hung… - Proceedings of the …, 2002 - National Acad Sciences
Emerging medical technologies for effective and lasting repair of articular cartilage include delivery of cells or cell-seeded scaffolds to a defect site to initiate de novo tissue …
C Chung, JA Burdick - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2008 - Elsevier
Cartilage tissue engineering is emerging as a technique for the regeneration of cartilage tissue damaged due to disease or trauma. Since cartilage lacks regenerative capabilities, it …
Articular cartilage repair and regeneration continue to be largely intractable because of the poor regenerative properties of this tissue. The field of articular cartilage tissue engineering …
RL Mauck, MA Soltz, CCB Wang… - J. Biomech …, 2000 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Due to its avascular nature, articular cartilage exhibits a very limited capacity to regenerate and to repair. Although much of the tissue-engineered cartilage in existence has been …
FT Moutos, LE Freed, F Guilak - Nature materials, 2007 - nature.com
Tissue engineering seeks to repair or regenerate tissues through combinations of implanted cells, biomaterial scaffolds and biologically active molecules. The rapid restoration of tissue …