In the quest of the optimal tissue source (porcine male and female articular, tracheal and auricular cartilage) for the development of collagen sponges for articular cartilage

Background: In the quest of the ideal material for scaffold fabrication for cartilage engineering, the use of collagen type II has been advocated, as it is the major constituent of cartilage tissue. Considering though the high batch-to-batch variability of animal-derived products, it is essential to...

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Main Authors: Z Wu, SH Korntner, AM Mullen, I Skoufos, A Tzora, DI Zeugolis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-06-01
Series:Biomedical Engineering Advances
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667099221000025