Browsing Dissertations & Theses by Subject "Tissue engineering"
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APPLICATION OF TISSUE ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES FOR TREATING CARTILAGE INJURY AND DIAGNOSING CANCER METASTASIS
(2019-08-05)This study focuses on the application of tissue engineering techniques for the diagnosis of cancer metastasis, cartilage regeneration, and modeling of lymph node metastasis. Chapter 1 is an overview of tissue engineering ... -
Engineering Elastic and Functional Electrospun Nano-Fibers for Potential Heart Repair
(2022-08-17)In the United States and around the world, cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been one of the main causes of death since 1921, responsible for approximately 1 in 4 deaths domestically. Myocardial infarction (MI), or commonly ... -
Fabrication and In Vitro Characterization of an Implant for the Detection of Metastatic Cancer Cells
(2018-08-03)Greater than 90% of cancer related deaths are due to metastasis (Hayes & Wicha, 2011). Since current conventional techniques detect the disease by the time that it has become systemic, our lab has developed a hydrogel based ...