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ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
Volume 15, Issue 11, Pages 1762-1770Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200500042
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Currently, the concept of engineered tissues depends on the ability of cultured cells to fabricate new tissue around a scaffold. Ibis is inherently slow and expensive and has had limited success so far. We report here a new process for the cell-independent, controlled engineering of biomimetic scaffolds by rapid removal of fluid from hyperhydrated collagen gel (or other) constructs, using plastic compression (PC). PC fabrication produces dense, cellular, mechanically strong native collagen structures with controllable nano- and microscale biomimetic structures. The huge-scale shrinkage (> 100-fold) provides the ability to introduce controllable mechanical properties, microlayering, and embossed interface. topography without cell participation, but with high cell viability. Critically, this takes minutes rather than the conventional days and weeks. The rapidity and biomimetic potential of the PC fabrication process at the mesoscale opens a new route for the production of biomaterials and patient-customized tissues. It also represents a new concept in 'engineering' tissues.
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