Fabrication of centimeter-sized 3D constructs with patterned endothelial cells through assembly of cell-laden microbeads as a potential bone graft.
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SUBMITTER: Yang G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7855739 | biostudies-literature |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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