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Engineering Biological-Based Vascular Grafts Using a Pulsatile Bioreactor
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Bioengineering
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JoVE Journal Bioengineering
Engineering Biological-Based Vascular Grafts Using a Pulsatile Bioreactor
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11:22 min

June 14, 2011

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Chapters

  • 00:05Title
  • 01:46Preparation of Polyglycolic Acid (PGA) Scaffold
  • 02:55Assembly of Bioreactor
  • 04:33Bioreactor Setup and Seeding Cells
  • 07:55Turning on the Pump, and First Feeding
  • 09:17Staining of Engineered Smooth Muscle Vessels
  • 10:11Conclusion

Summary

Automatic Translation

Our group has developed a bioreactor culture system that mimics the physiological pulsatile stresses of the cardiovascular system to regenerate implantable small-diameter vascular grafts.

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