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Bioimpacts. 2016;6(2): 111-115. doi: 10.15171/bi.2016.16
PMID: 27525229        PMCID: PMC4981249

Short Communication

Infection-resistant MRI-visible scaffolds for tissue engineering applications

Morteza Mahmoudi 1,2,3, Mingming Zhao 4, Yuka Matsuura 2, Sophie Laurent 5,6, Phillip C. Yang 1,2, Daniel Bernstein 1,4, Pilar Ruiz-Lozano 1,4 * , Vahid Serpooshan 1,4 *

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