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Preparation of 3D Fibrin Scaffolds for Stem Cell Culture Applications
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More than 500 million years of evolution in a fibrin-based therapeutic scaffold
Eduardo Anitua1,2,3, Paquita Nurden4, Alan T Nurden4
1Eduardo Anitua Foundation for Biomedical Research, Vitoria, Spain.
Regenerative Medicine
|May 23, 2020
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