Functional gellan gum hydrogels and cell based therapies – A novel therapeutic approach for spinal cord injury regeneration

[Excerpt] Introduction: Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) remains one of the most devastating diseases of the Central Nervous System, for which there is still no effective treatment. Multidisciplinary approaches such those presented by tissue engineering concepts hold great promise for SCI treatment. In this...

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Main Author: Gomes, E. D. (author)
Other Authors: Silva, R. (author), Carvalho, M. M. (author), Teixeira, F. G. (author), Leite-Almeida, H. (author), Gimble, J. M. (author), Sousa, Nuno (author), Silva, N. A. (author), Salgado, A. J. (author)
Format: conferenceObject
Language:eng
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/63440
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/63440