Gut construction: scaffolds for intestinal tissue engineering

Forming tissues in the laboratory to replace diseased or dysfunctional tissue or act as models for drug treatment is the goal of tissue engineering. The large intestine epithelium (colon surface) is a tissue which could benefit from both diseased and non-diseased models for the purpose of tackling c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Majani, Ruby
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/29319/