Microcavitary hydrogel-driven living scaffold for cartilage tissue regeneration

• Main Author: Leong, Wenyan.
• Other Authors: Wang Dongan
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Medicine::Tissue engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/45140
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Articular cartilage is a dense connective tissue that covers the surface of the ends of bones, and functions to allow bones to slide against one another smoothly during movement whilst bearing high compressive loads. Its inability to heal naturally, coupled with the increasing demand for a repair st...