Scaffolding In Tissue Engineering
by Peter X. Ma /
2005 / English / PDF
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The growing interest in scaffolding design and increasing research
programs dedicated to regenerative medicine corroborate the need
for Scaffolding in Tissue Engineering. While certain books and
journal articles address various aspects in the field, this is the
first current, comprehensive text focusing on scaffolding for
tissue engineering.
The growing interest in scaffolding design and increasing research
programs dedicated to regenerative medicine corroborate the need
for Scaffolding in Tissue Engineering. While certain books and
journal articles address various aspects in the field, this is the
first current, comprehensive text focusing on scaffolding for
tissue engineering.
Scaffolding in Tissue Engineering reviews the general principles of
tissue engineering and concentrates on the principles, methods, and
applications for a broad range of tissue engineering scaffolds. The
first section presents an in-depth exploration of traditional and
novel materials, including alginates, polysaccharides, and
fibrillar fibrin gels. The following section covers fabrication
technologies, discussing three-dimensional scaffold design,
laboratory-scale manufacture of a cell carrier, phase separation,
self-assembly, gas foaming, solid freeform fabrication, injectable
systems, and immunoisolation techniques. Subsequent chapters
examine structural and functional scaffold modification, composite
scaffolds, bioactive hydrogels, gene delivery, growth factors, and
degradation of biodegradable polymers. The final section explores
various tissue engineering applications, comprising chapters on
blood cell substitutes, and tissue engineering of nerves, the
tendons, ligaments, cornea, cartilage and myocardium, meniscal
tissue.
Scaffolding in Tissue Engineering reviews the general principles of
tissue engineering and concentrates on the principles, methods, and
applications for a broad range of tissue engineering scaffolds. The
first section presents an in-depth exploration of traditional and
novel materials, including alginates, polysaccharides, and
fibrillar fibrin gels. The following section covers fabrication
technologies, discussing three-dimensional scaffold design,
laboratory-scale manufacture of a cell carrier, phase separation,
self-assembly, gas foaming, solid freeform fabrication, injectable
systems, and immunoisolation techniques. Subsequent chapters
examine structural and functional scaffold modification, composite
scaffolds, bioactive hydrogels, gene delivery, growth factors, and
degradation of biodegradable polymers. The final section explores
various tissue engineering applications, comprising chapters on
blood cell substitutes, and tissue engineering of nerves, the
tendons, ligaments, cornea, cartilage and myocardium, meniscal
tissue.
While providing a comprehensive summary of current knowledge and
technologies, Scaffolding in Tissue Engineering gives readers
insight into new trends and directions for scaffold development and
for an ever-expanding range of tissue engineering applications.
While providing a comprehensive summary of current knowledge and
technologies, Scaffolding in Tissue Engineering gives readers
insight into new trends and directions for scaffold development and
for an ever-expanding range of tissue engineering applications.