Nanofiber scaffolds for delivery of heparin binding growth factors.

by | Mar 10, 2018 | Gelberman, Richard, Sakiyama-Elbert, Shelly, Schwartz, Andrea "Annie", Silva, Matthew, Thomopoulos, Stavros, Xia, Younan, Xie, Jingwei

— Background: Despite advanced surgical techniques and improved rehabilitation therapies, outcomes of tendon repairs are still highly variable. Current surgical interventions are perhaps unsuccessful due to the relatively few numbers of cells present at the repair site. An engineered delivery of stem …