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It should be noted that scientists of polymer hydrogels over the many years have made a great effort trying to mimic the biological functions such as tissue, muscle, cartilage, permeable membrane, and others using gels.
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Osada, Y., Kawamura, R., Sano, KI. (2016). Biomimetic Functions of Synthetic Polymer Gels. In: Hydrogels of Cytoskeletal Proteins. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27377-8_7
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