The stiffness of living tissues and its implications for tissue engineering

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Tissue engineeringStiffnessBiomaterialRegenerative medicineComputer scienceBiological materialsNative tissueExtracellular matrixNanotechnologyBiomedical engineeringEngineeringMaterials scienceBiologyStem cellCell biologyStructural engineering

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University of Minho PT

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Year: 2020
Type: review
Volume: 5
Issue: 5
Pages: 351-370
Citations: 1360
Access: Closed

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                                    Carlos F. Guimarães, 
                                
                                    Luca Gasperini, 
                                
                                    Alexandra P. Marques
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2020). 
                            The stiffness of living tissues and its implications for tissue engineering. 
                            Nature Reviews Materials
                            , 5
                            (5)
                            , 351-370.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-019-0169-1
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/s41578-019-0169-1