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Complexity in biomaterials for tissue engineering

Complexity in biomaterials for tissue engineering
Complexity in biomaterials for tissue engineering
The molecular and physical information coded within the extracellular milieu is informing the development of a new generation of biomaterials for tissue engineering. Several powerful extracellular influences have already found their way into cell-instructive scaffolds, while others remain largely unexplored. Yet for commercial success tissue engineering products must be not only efficacious but also cost-effective, introducing a potential dichotomy between the need for sophistication and ease of production. This is spurring interest in recreating extracellular influences in simplified forms, from the reduction of biopolymers into short functional domains, to the use of basic chemistries to manipulate cell fate. In the future these exciting developments are likely to help reconcile the clinical and commercial pressures on tissue engineering.
1476-1122
457-70
Place, Elsie S.
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Evans, Nicholas D.
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Stevens, Molly M.
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Place, Elsie S.
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Evans, Nicholas D.
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Place, Elsie S., Evans, Nicholas D. and Stevens, Molly M. (2009) Complexity in biomaterials for tissue engineering. Nature Materials, 8 (6), 457-70. (doi:10.1038/nmat2441). (PMID:19458646)

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Abstract

The molecular and physical information coded within the extracellular milieu is informing the development of a new generation of biomaterials for tissue engineering. Several powerful extracellular influences have already found their way into cell-instructive scaffolds, while others remain largely unexplored. Yet for commercial success tissue engineering products must be not only efficacious but also cost-effective, introducing a potential dichotomy between the need for sophistication and ease of production. This is spurring interest in recreating extracellular influences in simplified forms, from the reduction of biopolymers into short functional domains, to the use of basic chemistries to manipulate cell fate. In the future these exciting developments are likely to help reconcile the clinical and commercial pressures on tissue engineering.

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Published date: June 2009
Organisations: Dev Origins of Health & Disease, Bioengineering Sciences

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Local EPrints ID: 176173
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/176173
ISSN: 1476-1122
PURE UUID: 17956f4f-8818-41fa-a6e4-86cf4d659bc0
ORCID for Nicholas D. Evans: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3255-4388

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Date deposited: 04 Mar 2011 10:33
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 02:56

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Author: Elsie S. Place
Author: Molly M. Stevens

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