Amphiphilic beads as depots for sustained drug release integrated into fibrillar scaffolds

Native extracellular matrix (ECM) is a complex fibrous structure loaded with bioactive cues that affects the surrounding cells. A promising strategy to mimicking native tissue architecture for tissue engineering applications is to engineer fibrous scaffolds using electrospinning. By loading appropri...

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Main Author: Gaharwar, Akhilesh K. (author)
Other Authors: Mihaila, Silvia M. (author), Kulkarni, A. A. (author), Patel, A. (author), Luca, A. Di (author), Reis, R. L. (author), Gomes, Manuela E. (author), Blitterswijk, C. A. van (author), Moroni, L. (author), Khademhosseini, Ali (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/30359
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/30359