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Synthesis of human cartilage using organotypic cell culture.
ORL; journal for oto-rhino-laryngology and its related specialties - 1 Jan 2000
Bujía J, Sittinger M, Pitzke P, Wilmes E, Hammer C
Abstract excerpt
The limited supply of fresh autologous cartilage tissue for use in reconstructive surgery necessitates the use of vital banked allografts. A feasible in vitro production of cartilage tissue composed of living cells requires the use of modern tissue culture techniques retaining the phenotypic characteristics of chondrocytes. With this purpose in mind, human chondrocytes were isolated and cultured using different...
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