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Bioengineered vocal fold mucosa for voice restoration.
Science translational medicine - 18 Nov 2015
Ling Changying, Li Qiyao, Brown Matthew E, Kishimoto Yo, Toya Yutaka, Devine Erin E, Choi Kyeong-Ok, Nishimoto Kohei, Norman Ian G, Tsegyal Tenzin, Jiang Jack J, Burlingham William J, Gunasekaran Sundaram, Smith Lloyd M, Frey Brian L, Welham Nathan V
Abstract excerpt
Patients with voice impairment caused by advanced vocal fold (VF) fibrosis or tissue loss have few treatment options. A transplantable, bioengineered VF mucosa would address the individual and societal costs of voice-related communication loss. Such a tissue must be biomechanically capable of aerodynamic-to-acoustic energy transfer and high-frequency vibration and physiologically capable of maintaining a barrier...
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