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  1. Division of BioEngineering, School of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 70 Nanyang Drive, N1.3-B2-13, Singapore, 637457

    Xuetao Shi, Kai Su, Rohan R. Varshney & Dong-An Wang

  2. WPI-AIMR, Tohoku University, Katahira, Sendai, Japan

    Xuetao Shi

  3. School of Materials Science and Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China

    Xuetao Shi & Yingjun Wang

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Shi, X., Su, K., Varshney, R.R. et al. Sintered Microsphere Scaffolds for Controlled Release and Tissue Engineering. Pharm Res 28, 1224–1228 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11095-010-0359-4

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