An electro-tensile bioreactor for 3-D culturing of cardiomyocytes.

Cardiac tissue engineering is an emerging field that shows great potential for the treatment of heart disease. With the aim of addressing concerns on a number of the major constraints inherent to cell and tissue culturing, such as ease of cleaning and sterilization, a unique design for gel fixation,...

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Published in:	IEEE Engineering in medicine and biology magazine 24, 4 (2005).
Main Author:	Zhonggang Fengcardiac tissue engineering
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	3-D cardiomyocyte culturing. Cardiac cyclic action. Cardiac tissue engineering. Cardiac tissue equivalent. Cell culturing. Cleaning. Collagen gels. Compatibility. Contractile force. Dynamic tensile force. Electric stimulus. Electrical response. Electro-mechanical bioreactor system. Electro-tensile bioreactor. Extra-mechanical stimulus. Gel fixation. Heart disease treatment. In vivo electrical activity. Light microscopy. Mechanical response. Myocardium. Sterilization. Tissue culturing. CO2 incubators.