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Tissue-Engineered Blood Vessels and the Future of Tissue Substitutes

The self-assembly as a novel approach to tissue-engineering

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Applications of Cell Immobilisation Biotechnology

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  1. Experimental Organogenesis Laboratory (LOEX), Saint-Sacrement Hospital of the CHA, Québec, Qc, Canada, G1S 4L8

    Lucie Germain, Karina Laflamme & François A. Auger

  2. Department of Surgery, Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Qc, Canada

    Lucie Germain, Karina Laflamme & François A. Auger

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Germain, L., Laflamme, K., Auger, F.A. (2005). Tissue-Engineered Blood Vessels and the Future of Tissue Substitutes. In: Nedović, V., Willaert, R. (eds) Applications of Cell Immobilisation Biotechnology. Focus on Biotechnology, vol 8B. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3363-X_5

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