Tissue fabrication

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R.A. Brown, Direct collagen-material engineCTing for tissue fabrication, Tissue Eng. Part A 19 (13-14) (2013) 1495-1498. 

In contrast to the top-down approach, a bottom-up approach to tissue fabrication may be achieved by the assembly of repeating subunits in a predictable and directed manner to form larger functional and organized stmctures. In this regard, self-assembly may be defined as the preferential organization and linkage of micrometer-scale stmctures by interactions based upon shape, chemical moieties, or interfacial energy. 

Brown RA, Wiseman M, Chuo C, Cheema U, Nazhat SN. Ultrarapid engineering of bio-mimetic materials and tissues fabrication of nano-and microstructures by plastic compression. Adv Funct Mater 2005 15 1762-70. 

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Akiyama, H., Ito, A., Kawabe, Y. and Kamihira, M. (2010). Genetically engineered angiogenic cell sheets nsing magnetic force-based gene dehvery and tissue fabrication techniques. Biomaterials, 31,1251-1259. 

A temporary structural construct or matrix used to support the cells for accommodation during tissue fabrication. 

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