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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 8.
Published in final edited form as: Nano Lett. 2010 Sep 8;10(9):3223–3230. doi: 10.1021/nl102184c

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Nanotechnology applications in engineering complex tissues. Cells seeded into biocompatible and nanostructured scaffolds are able to reassemble into functional structures that resemble native tissues, under the stimulation of growth factors spatiotemporally delivered by nanoparticles. Complex tissues, like this lobule of the liver, could be engineered with the help of devices that are equipped with nanotechnology.