Engineered hydrogel-based matrices for skin wound healing

Hydrogels, due to their hygroscopic nature, have been widely used as wound dressings. Because hydrogels resemble native extracellular matrix (ECM), newer developments aim at recreating three-dimensional ECM-like microenvironments. In general, current hydrogels show limited molecular diffusion and ce...

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Main Author: Silva, L. P. da (author)
Other Authors: Cerqueira, M. T. (author), Correlo, V. M. (author), Reis, R. L. (author), Marques, A. P. (author)
Format: bookPart
Language:eng
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/54444
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/54444