Effect of oxygen tension and alginate encapsulation on restoration of the differentiated phenotype of passaged chondrocytes.
The implantation of laboratory-grown tissue offers a valuable alternative approach to the treatment of cartilage defects. Procuring sufficient cell numbers for such tissue-engineered cartilage is a major problem since amplification of chondrocytes in culture typically leads to loss of normal cell ph...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2001
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