Published in Blood Weekly, September 1st, 2011
"In the present study we evaluated the potential of a chitosan/silk fibroin scaffold serving as a delivery vehicle for adipose-derived stem cells and as a structural framework for the injured nerve regeneration. The cell-loaded scaffolds were used to regenerate rat sciatic nerve across a 10 mm surgically-induced sciatic nerve injury. The functional nerve recovery was assessed by both walking track and histology analysis....
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Source: Blood Weekly (2011-09-01)
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