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Klappentext Tissue or organ transplantation are among the few options available for patients with excessive skin loss, heart or liver failure, and many common ailments, and the demand for replacement tissue greatly exceeds the supply, even before one considers the serious constraints of immunological tissue type matching to avoid immune rejection. Tissue engineering promises to help sidestep constraints on availability and overcome the scientific challenges, with huge medical benefits. This book lays out the principles of tissue engineering. It will be a useful reference work for those associated with this field and as a textbook for specialized courses in the subject. It is a companion volume to Saltzman's OUP book on drug delivery. Zusammenfassung Tissue engineering is a field of biomedical engineering, in which synthetic materials are used together with biological components such as tissue fragments, cells, proteins to encourage tissue regeneration, regrowth, and repair. Intended for engineering students, this book introduces the principles of tissue engineering. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: Tissue Exchange and Tissue Development 1: The State-of-the-Art in Tissue Exchange 2: Objectives of Tissue Engineering 3: Elements of Tissue Development Part 2: Tissue Engineering Fundamentals 4: Cell Growth and Differentiation 5: Cell and Tissue Mechanics 6: Cell Adhesion 7: Cell Migration 8: Cell Aggregation and Tissue Equivalents 9: Tissue Barriers to Molecular and Cellular Transport Part 3: Tissue Engineering Practice 10: Cell Delivery and Recirculation 11: Delivery of Molecular Agents in Tissue Engineering 12: Cell Interactions With Polymers 13: Approaches to Tissue Engineering 14: Case Studies in Tissue Engineering Appendices A. Introduction to Polymers B. Analysis of Molecular Transport C. Useful Data D. Nomenclature and Abbreviations
