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Is the tissue-engineered intestine clinically viable?

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  1. JCY Dunn is Associate Professor of Bioengineering and Surgery in the Departments of Bioengineering and Surgery at the University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,

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Dunn, J. Is the tissue-engineered intestine clinically viable?. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 5, 366–367 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpgasthep1151

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