Numerical Simulations as Means for Tailoring Electrically Conductive Hydrogels towards Cartilage Tissue Engineering by Electrical Stimulation

Cartilage regeneration is a clinical challenge. In recent years, hydrogels have emerged as implantable scaffolds in cartilage tissue engineering. Similarly, electrical stimulation has been employed to improve matrix synthesis of cartilage cells, and thus to foster engineering and regeneration of car...

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Main Authors: Julius Zimmermann, Thomas Distler, Aldo R. Boccaccini, Ursula van Rienen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-10-01
Series:Molecules
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/25/20/4750