Recent advances of PVA-based hydrogels in cartilage repair application
Articular cartilage is critical for knee joint motion as a connective tissue to disperse loads and resist high-stress loadings. However, due to the lack of vascular, neural, and lymphatic tissues, the self-repair capacity of cartilage is fairly poor. Traditional clinical therapies including palliati...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-05-01
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Series: | Journal of Materials Research and Technology |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2238785423005938 |