Researchers share their first steps towards growing fully transplantable human organs in a pig host
Growing human organs for therapeutics and transplantation
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Events
ISSCR 2021 Annual Meeting
June 23 – 25, 2021
Hamburg, Germany
Hamburg, Germany
Central Nervous System Injury and Repair (GRS)
June 26-27, 2021
Grand Summit Hotel at Sunday River, Newry, ME, USA
Grand Summit Hotel at Sunday River, Newry, ME, USA
Book Reviews
Switchable and Responsive Surfaces and Materials for Biomedical Applications
Z. Zhang ed., Woodhead Publishing (2014)
Reviewed by Eduardo Mendes
Reviewed by Eduardo Mendes
Biomaterials for Cancer Therapeutics – Diagnosis, Prevention and Therapy
K. Park ed., Woodhead Publishing (2014)
Reviewed by Mamoni Dash
Reviewed by Mamoni Dash
Inflammation in Heart Failure
M. Blankesteijn and R. Altara eds., Academic Press (2014)
Reviewed by Daniele Pezzoli
Reviewed by Daniele Pezzoli
Nanosensors for Chemical and Biological Applications
K. Honeychurch eds, Woodhead Publishing (2014)
Reviewed by Stanislav Trashin
Reviewed by Stanislav Trashin
Natural and Synthetic Biomedical Polymers
S. Kumbar, C.T. Laurencin and M. Deng eds., Elsevier Science (2014)
Reviewed by Geraldine Rohman
Reviewed by Geraldine Rohman