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A Microphysiologic Platform for Human Fat: Sandwiched White Adipose Tissue
Published on: August 15, 2018
Does transferred fat retain properties of its site of origin?
1Cary Skin Center, and University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Cary, NC, USA. flynn@caryskincenter.com
Abstract
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