Endothelial cell—cell cohesion

Details Endothelial cell—cell cohesion Endothelial cell—cell cohesion

2006-04-25

2006-04-25

Gitomer, Ralph (Department: 1655)

Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology

Animal cell, per se ; composition thereof; process of...

Solid support and method of culturing cells on said solid...

C424S093700, C435S325000

Reexamination Certificate

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07033832

ABSTRACT:
Methods for stably populating solid surfaces, especially those of biomedical devices, with cells; also the resulting cell-coated surfaces.

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