“…Microcarriers are useful delivery vehicles for tissue engineering and have indicated their unique advantages for repair of bone and cartilage defects (Malda & Frondoza, 2006). Various microcarriers such as collagen-coated dextran microspheres, poly(l-lactide) (PLLA) microspheres, and gelatin microspheres have achieved good therapeutic effects for treatment of degenerated or wounded tissue (Demetriou et al, 1988), restoration of tissue function (Moscioni et al, 1989), promotion of wound healing (Voigt et al, 1999;Bayram et al, 2005;LaFrance & Armstrong, 1999), and therapy for Parkinson's disease (Liu et al, 2004).…”