## Sir, I read with great interest the article on mechanical testing of various fixation methods for scaffold-based cartilage repair. I must commend the authors for their innovative approach to this question. I do have a number of comments regarding this study:
Use of statins for enhancing bone-tissue-engineered grafts
β Scribed by S. L. Griffiths; S. H. Cartmell
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 169 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1435-0130
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