Introduction to Tissue-Biomaterial Interactions

Informationen zum Autor Dr. Rena Bizios received her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology, and Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is currently a Professor with the faculty of the Biomedical Engineering Department, School of Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. Dr. Kay C Dee earned her M.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees in biomedical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Her research has been awarded by the Biomedical Engineering Society and the National Science Foundation. Dr. Dee has been voted "Teacher of the Year" by the biomedical engineering seniors each of the four years that she has been at Tulane University, and she received the University-wide Inspirational Undergraduate Professor Award in 2001. Dr. David Puleo received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Biomedical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and is currently an Associate Professor in the Center for Biomedical Engineering at the University of Kentucky. Klappentext * Presents the fundamentals of tissue/biomaterial interactions.* Provides an invaluable reference for the fields of tissue engineering, biomaterials, and cellular engineering. Zusammenfassung * Presents the fundamentals of tissue/biomaterial interactions.* Provides an invaluable reference for the fields of tissue engineering, biomaterials, and cellular engineering. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface. Acknowledgments. Introduction. Biomaterials. Proteins. Protein-Surface Interactions. Blood-Biomaterial Interactions and Coagulation. Inflammation and Infection. The Immune System and Inflammation. Wound Healing. Biomaterial Surface and the Physiological Environment. Biocompatibility. Example 1: Opening Occluded Vessels: Vascular Grafts, Intimal Hyperplasia. Example 2: Replacing Joints and Teeth. Answers to Quiz Questions. Gloassry. Index....

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• Authors: Rena Bizios, Bizios Rena, Kay Dee, Kay C Dee, Kay C. Dee, Kay C. (Tulane University Department of Biome Dee, Kay C. Puleo Dee, Kc Dee, DEE KAY C PULEO DAVID BIZIOS, Dee Kay C., David Puleo, David A Puleo, David A. Puleo, Puleo David A.
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.09.2002
• EAN: 9780471253945
• ISBN: 978-0-471-25394-5
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Genetics, genetic engineering; Life Sciences, Biowissenschaften, Biomaterial, Biomedical engineering, Zell- u. Molekularbiologie, Cell & Molecular Biology, Biomedizintechnik, Zell-, Gewebe- u. Gen-Engineering, Tissue, Cell, and Genetic Engineering, Biomedical engineering / Medical engineering