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Tissue Engineering

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This manuscript provides an overview of the recent developments regarding micro and nanotechnologies and their applications in tissue engineering (TE). Micro and nanotechnologies have been increasingly recognized as powerful tools for designing advanced TE strategies, both as production methods and as analysis tools. These technologies can be used to generate scaffolds with enhanced functionality that will not act as mere substrates for cellular adhesion but play the role of an active agent in the process of tissue regeneration. Moreover, these technologies can be used to study and control the phenomena occurring at the cellular microenvironment. Herein, the main technologies developed/under development are described and their diverse potential applications are discussed.

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Acknowledgments

Daniela Coutinho acknowledges the foundation for science and technology (FCT), for her PhD scholarship (SFRH/BD/37156/2007). This work was carried out under the scope of the EU funded project HIPPOCRATES (NMP3-CT-2003-505758) and was partially supported by European Network of Excellence EXPERTISSUES (NMP3-CT-2004-500283). The authors also thank Albino Martins, Marina Santos, Rogério Pirraco, and Erkan Baran for kindly providing some of the pictures presented.

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Coutinho, D., Costa, P., Neves, N., Gomes, M.E., Reis, R.L. (2011). Micro- and Nanotechnology in Tissue Engineering. In: Pallua, N., Suscheck, C. (eds) Tissue Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02824-3_1

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