Biomedical Engineering Reference
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patient receives has been expanded and genetically marked outside the body in a lab
[
2
]. Definitely, this could have a very significant impact on development of Tissue
Engineering which is based upon the integration of stem cells, scaffolds, and active
molecules that are enabling and facilitating the three-dimensional (3-D) growth of
tissue cells.
References
1. Zwaka TP (2009) Use of genetically modified stem cells in experimental gene therapies. Stem
Cell Information. NIH
2. Aubert J, Dunstan H, Chambers I, Smith A (2002) Functional gene screening in embryonic
stem cells implicates Wnt antagonism in neural differentiation. Nat Biotechnol 20(12):
1240-1245
