To overcome hypoxia in tissue engineering, it has been suggested that photosynthesis could function as an alternative source of oxygen supply. In this work, C. reinhardtii algae were seeded in collagen constructs to produce photosynthetic scaffolds for dermal regeneration. Further, C. reinhardtii were genetically modified to produce the angiogenic growth factors hVEGF-165 and hPDGF-B, in addition to oxygen. This work gives evidence for the use of gene modified algae as an alternative gene therapy and proposes their implementation to treat a broad spectrum of hypoxic conditions.
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To overcome hypoxia in tissue engineering, it has been suggested that photosynthesis could function as an alternative source of oxygen supply. In this work, C. reinhardtii algae were seeded in collagen constructs to produce photosynthetic scaffolds for dermal regeneration. Further, C. reinhardtii were genetically modified to produce the angiogenic growth factors hVEGF-165 and hPDGF-B, in addition to oxygen. This work gives evidence for the use of gene modified algae as an alternative gene therap...
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