**ADVANCES IN BIOENGINEERING**

Edited by **Pier Andrea Serra**

#### **Advances in Bioengineering**

http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/58642 Edited by Pier Andrea Serra

#### **Contributors**

Rodica-Mariana Ion, Rino Morent, Gaelle Aziz, Nathalie De Geyter, Toru Yazawa, Michelle Yongmei Wang, Chris Zwilling, Shlomo Margel, Michal Kolitz-Domb, Pieter Cools, Farzad Asgarian, Mohsen Judy, Alireza Akhavian, Gaofeng Zhou, Ifana Mahbub, Syed Kamrul Islam, Farhan Quaiyum, Md Sakib Hasan, Mauro C. Moreira, Eduardo Bauer, Yasmim Guterres, Alexandre Campos, Yu Nagase, Yosuke Okamura, Mario Letelier, Jaroslav Turánek, Zuzana Kauerova, Robert Lukáč, Josef Mašek, Štěpán Koudelka, Andrew Miller, Milan Raška

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Advances in Bioengineering Edited by Pier Andrea Serra p. cm. ISBN 978-953-51-2141-1 eBook (PDF) ISBN 978-953-51-6378-7
