Regenerative Medicine II - Clinical and Preclinical Applications

Organ regeneration, once unknown in adult mammals, is at the threshold of maturity as a clinical method for restoration of organ function in humans. Several laboratories around the world are engaged in the development of new tools such as stem cells and biologically active scaffolds. Others are taking fresh looks at well-known clinical problems of replacement of a large variety of organs: Bone, skin, the spinal cord, peripheral nerves, articular cartilage, the conjunctiva, heart valves and urologic organs. Still other investigators are working out the mechanistic pathways of regeneration and the theoretical implications of growing back organs in an adult. The time has come to present a collection of these efforts from leading practitioners in the field of organ regeneration.

List of contents

1. A.S. Mistry, A.G. Mikos: Tissue Engineering Strategies for Bone Regeneration.- 2. C.E. Butler: Simultaneous In Vivo Regeneration of Neodermis, Epidermis, and Basement Membrane.- 3. P. Verma, J. Fawcett: Spinal Cord Regeneration.- 4. M. Zhang, I.V. Yannas: Peripheral Nerve Regeneration.- 5. B. Kinner, R.M. Capito, M. Spector: Regeneration of Articular Cartilage.- 6. M.P. Hatton, P.A.D. Rubin: Conjunctival Regeneration.- 7. E. Rabkin-Aikawa, J.E. Mayer Jr., F.J. Schoen: Heart Valve Regeneration.- 8. A. Atala: Regeneration of Urologic Tissues and Organs.

Summary

Organ regeneration, once unknown in adult mammals, is at the threshold of maturity as a clinical method for restoration of organ function in humans. Several laboratories around the world are engaged in the development of new tools such as stem cells and biologically active scaffolds. Others are taking fresh looks at well-known clinical problems of replacement of a large variety of organs: Bone, skin, the spinal cord, peripheral nerves, articular cartilage, the conjunctiva, heart valves and urologic organs. Still other investigators are working out the mechanistic pathways of regeneration and the theoretical implications of growing back organs in an adult. The time has come to present a collection of these efforts from leading practitioners in the field of organ regeneration.

Product details

• Assisted by: Ioanni V Yannas (Editor), Ioannis V Yannas (Editor), Ioannis V. Yannas (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.10.2010
• EAN: 9783642061684
• ISBN: 978-3-642-06168-4
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 13 mm x 234 mm
• Weight: 375 g
• Illustrations: XII, 232 p.
• Series: Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology; Advances in Biochemical Engineering - Biotechnology; Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Biotechnologie, C, Medicine, Medizinische Chemie, Pharmazeutische Chemie, Mikrobiologie und Virologie, biochemistry, biotechnology, Chemistry and Materials Science, Medical microbiology & virology, Medical Microbiology, Biomedicine, general, Biomedical Research, MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY