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Tissue Engineered Growth of New Cartilage in the Shape of a Human Ear Using Synthetic Polymers Seeded with Chondrocytes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Charles A. Vacanti ,
Linda G. Cima ,
Dianne Ratkowski ,
Joseph Upton  and
Joseph P. Vacanti
Charles A. Vacanti
Affiliation:
Mass. General Hospital, Department of Anaesthesia, Boston, MA 02114
Linda G. Cima
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering Dept., Cambridge, MA 02139
Dianne Ratkowski
Affiliation:
Boston University, Department of Otolaryngology, Boston, MA 02114
Joseph Upton
Affiliation:
Children's Hospital, Department of Surgery, Boston, MA, 02115.
Joseph P. Vacanti
Affiliation:
Children's Hospital, Department of Surgery, Boston, MA, 02115.
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Abstract

This report concerns the tissue-engineered growth of new cartilage in the shape of a human ear. Using synthetic biodegradable polyesters, a porous, three dimensional device in the shape of a human ear was fabricated. The polymer matrices were seeded with living chondrocytes isolated from a freshly sacrificed calf shoulder and implanted subcutaneously on the dorsum of athymic rats. This resulted in the formation of new cartilage in the shape of a human ear of approximately the same dimensions as the original implants. Histological analysis revealed the presence of mature cartilage in all specimens.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 252: Symposium T – Tissue-Inducing Biomaterials , 1991 , 367
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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