Generation of Bioengineered Feather Buds on Reconstructed Chick Skin from Dissociated Epithelial and Mesenchymal Cells

    March 2016 in “ Development Growth & Differentiation ”
    Kentaro Ishida, Toshiyuki Mitsui
    Studysummary This study developed a bioengineering method to reconstruct embryonic dorsal skin from dissociated chick skin cells, allowing feather buds to form and grow in vitro, influenced by epithelial-mesenchymal interactions.
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