Substrates for cardiovascular tissue engineering

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Inspiration and application in the evolution of biomaterials

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Accordion-like honeycombs for tissue engineering of cardiac anisotropy

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Synthetic polymer scaffolds for tissue engineering

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A CONSTRAINED MIXTURE MODEL FOR GROWTH AND REMODELING OF SOFT TISSUES

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Mechanically Activated Integrin Switch Controls α 5 β 1 Function

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In Vivo Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Myocardial Infarction

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Preparation and characterization of highly porous, biodegradable polyurethane scaffolds for soft tissue applications

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Self-assembled peptide-based hydrogels as scaffolds for anchorage-dependent cells

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Cell sheet engineering for myocardial tissue reconstruction

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Proangiogenic scaffolds as functional templates for cardiac tissue engineering

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Ultrasound-Stimulated Vibro-Acoustic Spectrography

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Three‐dimensional reconstitution of embryonic cardiomyocytes in a collagen matrix: a new heart muscle model system

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Transplantation of a Tissue-Engineered Pulmonary Artery

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Early failure of the tissue engineered porcine heart valve SYNERGRAFT™ in pediatric patients

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In vivo imaging platform for tracking immunotherapeutic cells

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Self-Assembly of Large and Small Molecules into Hierarchically Ordered Sacs and Membranes

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Functional Living Trileaflet Heart Valves Grown In Vitro

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Structure and Function of Basement Membranes

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Tissue-engineered vascular grafts transform into mature blood vessels via an inflammation-mediated process of vascular remodeling

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Human Semilunar Cardiac Valve Remodeling by Activated Cells From Fetus to Adult

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