Advanced Hydrogels for Cartilage Tissue Engineering: Recent Progress and Future Directions

Cartilage is a tension- and load-bearing tissue and has a limited capacity for intrinsic self-healing. While microfracture and arthroplasty are the conventional methods for cartilage repair, these methods are unable to completely heal the damaged tissue. The need to overcome the restrictions of thes...

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Main Authors: Mahshid Hafezi, Saied Nouri Khorasani, Mohadeseh Zare, Rasoul Esmaeely Neisiany, Pooya Davoodi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-11-01
Series:Polymers
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/13/23/4199