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Published in: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 1/2015

Open Access 01-12-2015 | Meeting abstract

Carbon nanotubes: a promising tissue engineering approach for in vitro cultivation & differentiation of primary canine articular chondrocytes

Authors: Brigitta Matta-Domjan, Alice King, Mazhar Ajaz, Csaba Matta, Rebecca Lewis, Hugo Macedo, Roberto La Ragione, Eirini Velliou, Alan Dalton

Published in: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders | Special Issue 1/2015

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Development of biocompatible materials has great potential in biomedical engineering both for in vitro studies as well as for in vivo applications. Two- and three-dimensional carbon nanotube (CNT) substrates imitating and providing an extracellular matrix-like structure are promising constructs as cell-supporting scaffolds. Lately, they have received considerable interest in tissue engineering; however, cellular responses to nanoscale stimuli need to be better understood. …
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Title
Carbon nanotubes: a promising tissue engineering approach for in vitro cultivation & differentiation of primary canine articular chondrocytes
Authors
Brigitta Matta-Domjan
Alice King
Mazhar Ajaz
Csaba Matta
Rebecca Lewis
Hugo Macedo
Roberto La Ragione
Eirini Velliou
Alan Dalton
Publication date
01-12-2015
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders / Issue Special Issue 1/2015
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2474
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-16-S1-S20

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