Fabrication of hydrogel-bioactive glass composite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering

Bone is an extremely important connective tissue in the human body, as it provides support and protection of internal organs, being also metabolically relevant as the main mineral reservoir and assuring haematopoiesis through the bone marrow. Due to the current ageing of the population, an increase...

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Main Author: Barros, Manuel João Salazar Guedes de (author)
Format: masterThesis
Language:eng
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10773/17461
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/17461