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Therapeutic Engineered Hydrogels Postpone Capsule Formation at the Host-Implant Interface

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

Katrina A. Harmon
Affiliation:
University of South Carolina, School of Medicine Dept. of Cell Biology and Anatomy. Columbia, SCUSA. University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Biomedical Sciences Dept. Greenville, SCUSA.
Brooks A. Lane
Affiliation:
University of South Carolina, Biomedical Engineering Program. Columbia, SCUSA.
John F. Eberth
Affiliation:
University of South Carolina, School of Medicine Dept. of Cell Biology and Anatomy. Columbia, SCUSA. University of South Carolina, Biomedical Engineering Program. Columbia, SCUSA.
Michael J. Yost
Affiliation:
Medical University of South Carolina, Dept. of Surgery. Charleston, SCUSA
Harold I. Friedman
Affiliation:
University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Dept. of Surgery. Columbia, SCUSA.
Richard L. Goodwin
Affiliation:
University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Biomedical Sciences Dept. Greenville, SCUSA.

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© Microscopy Society of America 2017 

References

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[3] The authors acknowledge funding from the Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons. Dr. Ashkan Afshari and Dr. Henrik Berdell are thanked for their contributions to this work.Google Scholar