Nasal cartilage pathologies are common; for example, up to 80% of people are afflicted by
deviated nasal septum conditions. Because cartilage provides the supportive framework of …

Scaffold-free techniques in the developmental tissue engineering area are designed to
mimic in vivo embryonic processes with the aim of biofabricating, in vitro, tissues with more …

Stem cells are promising candidate cells for regenerative applications because they
possess high proliferative capacity and the potential to differentiate into other cell types …

Despite the various reported approaches to generate osteochondral composites by
combination of different cell types and materials, engineering of templates with the capacity …

Despite the widespread use of alginate (AL) hydrogels in many biomedical applications,
including tissue engineering, AL is inherently non‐degradable under physiological …

The ideal cell type to be used for cartilage therapy should possess a proven chondrogenic
capacity, not cause donor‐site morbidity, and should be readily expandable in culture …

The scaffold‐free tissue engineering using spheroids is pointed out as an approach for
optimizing the delivery system of cartilage construct. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the …

Cartilage tissue engineering, with in vitro expansion of autologus chondrocytes, is a
promising technique for tissue regeneration and is a new potential strategy to prevent and/or …

Highlights•Developmental plasticity of neural crest cells is partly maintained in their adult
derivatives.•Hox-negative nasal septum chondrocytes (NC) adapt to heterotopic …

The nasal septal cartilage plays an important role in preventing the collapse of the nasal
bones and maintaining the appearance of the nose. In the context of inherent difficulties …