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Cartilage Tissue Engineering:
the effect of different biomaterials, cell types and culture methods
- Publication date
- 13 August 2006
- Publisher
- Chapter 1 outlines the normal structure and composition of articular cartilage and the
inefficient spontaneous healing response after focal damage. Current surgical treatment
options are briefly discussed and tissue engineering techniques for the repair of articular
cartilage defects are addressed in more detail. The aims of the work presented in this thesis are
outlined in Chapter 2: namely to investigate the infl uence of different biomaterials, cell types
and culture methods on the tissue engineering process, as well as characteristics of the tissue
engineered cartilage.