Human adipose-derived cells can serve as a single-cell source for the in vitro cultivation of vascularized bone grafts

Orthopaedic surgery often requires bone grafts to correct large defects resulting from congenital defects, surgery or trauma. Great improvements have been made in the tissue engineering of bone grafts. However, these grafts lack the vascularized component that is critical for their survival and func...

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Main Author: Correia, Cristina (author)
Other Authors: Grayson, W. L. (author), Eton, R. (author), Gimble, Jeffrey M. (author), Sousa, R. A. (author), Reis, R. L. (author), Vunjak-Novakovic, Gordana (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/24642
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/24642