Novel bilayered Gellan gum/Gellan gum hydroxyapatite scaffolds for osteochondral tissue engineering applications

Osteoarthritis is a major cause of disability during aging. By the age of 60, close to 100% of the population will have histologic changes of degeneration in their knee cartilage (Loeser, 2000). Because of its avascular nature, cartilage has little capacity to self-regenerate. Despite the progress a...

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Main Author: Canadas, Raphael Faustino (author)
Other Authors: Pereira, D. R. (author), Silva-Correia, Joana (author), Marques, A. P. (author), Oliveira, Joaquim M. (author), Reis, R. L. (author)
Format: conferenceObject
Language:eng
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Bilayer structures
Osteochondral
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/24110
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/24110

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