Regeneration of Human Hair Follicles by 3D Bioprinting

July 2021

Lawrence S. Chan

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Studysummary This chapter reviews bioengineered human hair follicles and discusses the pros and cons of different 3-D bioprinting methods, but reports no new experimental findings.

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