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SUBMITTER: Pina S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6600968 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pina Sandra S Ribeiro Viviana P VP Marques Catarina F CF Maia F Raquel FR Silva Tiago H TH Reis Rui L RL Oliveira J Miguel JM
Materials (Basel, Switzerland) 20190605 11
During the past two decades, tissue engineering and the regenerative medicine field have invested in the regeneration and reconstruction of pathologically altered tissues, such as cartilage, bone, skin, heart valves, nerves and tendons, and many others. The 3D structured scaffolds and hydrogels alone or combined with bioactive molecules or genes and cells are able to guide the development of functional engineered tissues, and provide mechanical support during in vivo implantation. Naturally deri ...[more]