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It takes a village to grow a tissue

Nature Biotechnology volume 23, pages 1237–1239 (2005)Cite this article

A recent meeting emphasized the importance of integrating concepts from developmental biology and other disciplines into tissue engineering.

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  3. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 351 Engineering Terrace, 1210 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, 10025, New York, USA

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Kaplan, D., Moon, R. & Vunjak-Novakovic, G. It takes a village to grow a tissue. Nat Biotechnol 23, 1237–1239 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1005-1237

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