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. 2012 Feb 14;2(1):70-90.
doi: 10.3390/membranes2010070.

Development of hydrogels and biomimetic regulators as tissue engineering scaffolds

Junbin Shi  1 , Malcolm M Q Xing  2 , Wen Zhong  3
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Development of hydrogels and biomimetic regulators as tissue engineering scaffolds

Junbin Shi et al. Membranes (Basel). .

Abstract

This paper reviews major research and development issues relating to hydrogels as scaffolds for tissue engineering, the article starts with a brief introduction of tissue engineering and hydrogels as extracellular matrix mimics, followed by a description of the various types of hydrogels and preparation methods, before a discussion of the physical and chemical properties that are important to their application. There follows a short comment on the trends of future research and development. Throughout the discussion there is an emphasis on the genetic understanding of bone tissue engineering application.

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