In situ cartilage and bone tissue engineering using phosphoester-containing hydrogels

Dong An Wang, Christopher G. Williams, Syuk Jin Lee, Jason D. Meyers, Anya Taboas, Nicholas Cher, Blanka Sharma, Tae Kyun Kim, Richard G.S. Spencer, Jennifer H. Elisseeff

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Abstract

Tissue engineering techniques have developed a minimally invasive strategy to place hydrogel into a defect by macromer injection. Goat mesenchymal stem cells (gMSC) were introduced into a biodegradable phosphoester hydrogel and transplanted into the cartilage defect for 3-dimensional in vitro cultivation until the substitute begins to integrate with the surrounding tissue. Liquid precursor and rapid solidification provided the feasibility for implant-defect steric appropriateness, as well as cell encapsulation. It was concluded that the development of the hydrogel-cartilage transplantation system will be real-timely and non-invasively monitored through nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numberF8.14
Pages (from-to)165-167
Number of pages3
JournalMaterials Research Society Symposium Proceedings
VolumeEXS
Issue number1
StatePublished - 2004
Event2003 MRS Fall Meeting - Boston, MA, United States
Duration: Dec 1 2003Dec 4 2003

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Materials Science
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering

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