Progressive reinvention or destination lost? Half a century of cardiovascular tissue engineering

P Zilla, M Deutsch, D Bezuidenhout… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The concept of tissue engineering evolved long before the phrase was forged, driven by the
thromboembolic complications associated with the early total artificial heart programs of the …

Clinical applications and limitations of vascular grafts

T Pennel, P Zilla - Tissue-Engineered Vascular Grafts, 2020 - Springer
Prosthetic grafts have been implanted in humans for the treatment of vascular disease for
over six decades and have contributed to increased survival and quality of life. Despite the …

Development of a multi-stage purification process for serum-derived exosomes and evaluation of their regenerative capacity

C de Boer - 2020 - open.uct.ac.za
Exosomes are secreted membrane vesicles (30-100 nm) found in tissue culture media and
various body fluids that have potential as therapeutics and disease biomarkers. Current …