Engineering a surface to enhance endothelial cell adhesion towards creating a 'roll-up' blood vessel prosthesis

• Main Author: Chua, Hui Yee.
• Other Authors: Subramanian Venkatraman
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/51364
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This project investigated the technical feasibility of creating an adherent layer of endothelial cells with improved adhesive strength to produce a synthetic vascular graft using “cutting edge” technologies such as electrospinning and robotic free form fabrication (FFF). Firstly, cell adhesion o...