Tissue engineering small diameter blood vessels : fabrication of porous scaffold.

• Main Author: Lin, Annette Luhe.
• Other Authors: Chan Bee Eng, Mary
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Chemical engineering::Biotechnology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/16601
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The interest in tissue engineered small diameter blood vessels was sparked off by the need for cardiovascular grafts in surgeries. This project aims to fabricate a porous scaffold to allow the diffusion of nutrients and growth factors in a co-culture of smooth muscle and endothelial cells found in...