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Kiyotaka Iwasaki1, Koji Kojima, Shohta Kodama

  • 1Laboratory for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School. 75 Francis Street, Thorn 1327, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

Circulation
|October 10, 2008
PubMed
まとめ

研究者は,血管細胞と脈動性バイオリアクターを用いて,頑丈で弾力的な小径動脈を設計しました. この組織工学による血管移植は,ネイティブ動脈を模倣し,動脈循環の応用の可能性を提供します.

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