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An injectable, self-healing, and antioxidant collagen- and hyaluronic acid-based hydrogel mediated with gallic acid and dopamine for wound repair

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Multi-site enhancement of osteogenesis: peptide-functionalized GelMA hydrogels with three-dimensional cultures of human dental pulp stem cells

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How Hydrogel Stiffness Affects Adipogenic Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells under Controlled Morphology

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Research on the osteogenic properties of 3D-printed porous titanium alloy scaffolds loaded with Gelma/PAAM-ZOL composite hydrogels

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A three-stage differentiation method for generating induced mesenchymal stem cells from human pluripotent stem cells via gelatin-based screening

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