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Bone and Cartilage Tissue Engineering

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Gene Therapy for Cartilage and Bone Tissue Engineering

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Bone and cartilage are important components in the skeleton system, providing the major structure of the body of vertebrates and conferring protection and support of soft tissues. This chapter briefly reviews the constituents of bones and articular cartilages as well as cells associated with bone/cartilage healing. This chapter further introduces the concepts and critical elements of tissue engineering for the repair/regeneration of bone and cartilage.

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Hu, YC. (2014). Bone and Cartilage Tissue Engineering. In: Gene Therapy for Cartilage and Bone Tissue Engineering. SpringerBriefs in Bioengineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-53923-7_1

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