Fat tissue engineering : development of hybrid fat grafts

• Main Author: Ting, Hui Lin
• Other Authors: Choong Swee Neo Cleo
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/64727
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Adipose tissue engineering requires the use of adipocytes of recently the more common adipose-derived stem cells (ASCs). In an attempt to mimic the native adipose tissue microenvironment, Alg-gel scaffolds were optimized and fabricated with stiffness close to that of in vivo adipose tissues. Both Al...