1. (4 pts) An early study in the development of peptide-presenting biomaterials showed that polymer surfaces bearing RGD peptides at a density equivalent to -10 peptides per each cell was sufficient to promote cell attachment, spreading and subsequent cell growth. In contrast, when whole fibronectin protein was adsorbed to polymer surfaces, it was found that many more copies of the
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