Mechanobioreactors for Cartilage Tissue Engineering

Mechanical stimulation is an effective method to increase extracellular matrix synthesis and to improve the mechanical properties of tissue-engineered cartilage constructs. In this chapter, we describe valuable methods of imposing direct mechanical stimuli (compression or shear) to tissue-engineered cartilage constructs as well as some common analytical methods used to quantify the effects of mechanical stimuli after short-term or long-term loading.

Source: Springer protocols feed by Biotechnology - September 14, 2015 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: news