Mechanical properties and effects of alginate on proliferation and cardiac differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells.

• Main Author: Sneha Oberai.
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Bioengineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/53690
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) can proliferate indefinitely and have the ability to differentiate into specific lineages, while maintaining an unaltered genome. They have a huge potential to improve the field of medicine with applications in cell based therapy and drug toxicity studies. However success...