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biomaterials such as nanofibers [ 55 , 58 ], biodegradable and bioresorbable
magnesium alloys [ 59 , 60 ], and so on, to be used as scaffolds. With functional
tissue engineering, we can be hopeful that multiphasic scaffolds with unique
and desired characteristics can be made and implanted for rapid integration
with native tissues to take place and eventually remodel into a native-like
insertion site.
Acknowledgements This work was supported in part by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, NIH (MCL Grant 14918), and an NSF ERC Grant
(#0812348).
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