Bioengineers are giving tissue engineers new tools to help develop synthetic replacement heart valves that mimic natural ones. New research finds that the natural polymer hyaluronan can serve as a tunable bioscaffold for growing spongiosa, the middle tissue layer in heart valve leaflets.
Bioengineers are giving tissue engineers new tools to help develop synthetic replacement heart valves that mimic natural ones. New research finds that the natural polymer hyaluronan can serve as a tunable bioscaffold for growing spongiosa, the middle tissue layer in heart valve leaflets.
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