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Molecular-scale biomimicry

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Self-assembling organic molecules with a mineral coat may enable new approaches to bone tissue engineering.

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Figure 1: Self-assembling biomaterials.

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  2. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences, and Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 48109, MI

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Murphy, W., Mooney, D. Molecular-scale biomimicry. Nat Biotechnol 20, 30–31 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0102-30

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