Tissue engineering as a remarkable tool for cartilage repair
Articular cartilage is a very specialized tissue with outstanding load-bearing capacity. It consists mainly of a dense extracellular matrix (ECM) with chondrocytes embedded on it. Cartilage has very low capacity of self-repair and regeneration after traumatic, degenerative or inflammatory injury. Cu...
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| Formato: | conferenceObject |
| Idioma: | eng |
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2013
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| Texto completo: | http://hdl.handle.net/1822/26859 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/26859 |