The book Tissue Engineering of Vascular Prosthetic ... In Chapter 1, dacron and expanded polytetrafluoroethylene, the two basic graft types that have dominated the field of synthetic vascular ...

The development of cardiovascular tissue engineering introduced the possibility of a living, biological graft that might mimic the functional properties of native vessels. While academic research ...

The suction cups of an octopus have acted as inspiration for a team of researchers looking to improve the speed and safety of thin tissue grafts. An international collaboration of researchers, headed ...