Abstract
Tremendous progress has been achieved in the field of tissue engineering in the past decade. Several major challenges laid down 10 years ago, have been studied, including renewable cell sources, biomaterials with tunable properties, mitigation of host responses, and vascularization. Here we review advancements in these areas and envision directions of further development.
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Khademhosseini, A., Langer, R. A decade of progress in tissue engineering. Nat Protoc 11, 1775–1781 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nprot.2016.123
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