Chapter 6

New Methods of Scaffold Fabrication: Cellinstructive Scaffolds, Structural Scaffolds, Scaffolds Fabricated from Smart Materials Able to Respond Sensitively to Environmental Cues

Jing Wang, Yuehua Liu, Jing Chen, Yun Shen, Yiming Zhang, Jinglin Zhou, Shu Zhang, Chenyuan Xu and Raorao Wang

Abstract

In the field of regenerative medicine and tissue engineering, biomaterials are critical for the encouragement and maintenance of biological activities. Scaffolds can be cell-instructive, structural and fabricated from smart materials. Design considerations include the creation of well-defined materials, cell-material interactions, and controlled-release bioactive agents.

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