Three-Dimensional Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering Applications: Role of Porosity and Pore Size

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Summary

The ability of pore size and porosity of scaffolds to direct cellular responses and alter the mechanical properties of scaffold will be reviewed, followed by a look at nature's own scaffold, the extracellular matrix.

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Published
2013-06-25
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Keywords

Scaffold, Porosity, Tissue engineering, Extracellular matrix, Materials science

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