Novel porous scaffolds for tissue engineering cartilage

Damage to cartilage, caused either by disease or injury, affects a large number of people worldwide, severely reducing the patient's quality of life and generating a huge burden on healthcare systems. The limited success of treatment options such as tissue grafts has been the driving force beh...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Unsworth, Jennifer
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2004
Online Access:http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/10187/
http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/10187/1/Jennifer_Unsworth_Thesis.pdf