A pilot study investigating a novel subcutaneously implanted pre-cellularised scaffold for tissue engineering of intestinal mucosa

Tissue engineering of the small intestine offers an alternative to long-term intravenous nutrition and transplantation in patients with intestinal failure. Initial work, although encouraging, is limited by the volume of neonatal tissue required to produce a small neomucosal cyst. Our novel approach...

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Main Authors: D A J Lloyd, T I Ansari, P Gundabolu, S Shurey, V Maquet, P D Sibbons, A R Boccaccini, S M Gabe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Forum Multimedia Publishing LLC 2006-01-01
Series:European Cells & Materials
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Online Access:http://www.ecmjournal.org/journal/papers/vol011/pdf/v011a04.pdf