26 , 30 It is vital to improve upon the growth rates of chondrocytes, as osteoarthritic patients must currently wait up to 6 weeks for autologous chondrocyte expansion alone, so an improvement of 150–240% is incredibly significant in being able to improve quality of life sooner.
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Biomimetic approach to articular cartilage tissue engineering using carbon nanotube-coated and textured polydimethylsiloxane scaffolds.
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