Characterisation of decellularised oesophagus in tissue engineering

• Main Author: Chia, Evelyn Sheng Nan.
• Other Authors: Alastair Campbell Ritchie
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Bioengineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/16851
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Cancer of the oesophagus is a deadly disease that is common among people all round the world, but few usually survive this disease as it is usually discovered at a late stage. Decellularisation, a special technique of removing cells from diseased tissues and organs to create “natural” scaffolds use...