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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
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Research, Technology, Methods > chemical substances > technical chemicals > culture media > tissue scaffolds
Preferred Term:

tissue scaffolds

Definition:
Cell growth support structures composed of biocompatible materials. They are specially designed solid support matrices for cell attachment in tissue engineering and guided tissue regeneration uses.
Concept Schemes:
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Broader Concept:
culture media
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URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/206575
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RDF/XMLCreated 2013-10-25, last modified 2013-12-06