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Developmental engineering: design of clinically efficacious bioartificial tissues through developmental and systems biology

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This work was supported by the National Institute of Health (NIH) grants (R01 HL111574, R01 HL124280 to Laertis Ikonomou).

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  1. College of Science, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518055, China

    Petros Lenas

  2. Center for Regenerative Medicine of Boston University and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, 02118, USA

    Laertis Ikonomou

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Lenas, P., Ikonomou, L. Developmental engineering: design of clinically efficacious bioartificial tissues through developmental and systems biology. Sci. China Life Sci. 61, 978–981 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-017-9255-3

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