Strategies in Regenerative Medicine Integrating Biology with Materials Design /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Santin, Matteo. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
• Subjects: Materials.; Microbiology.; Cytology.; Biomedical engineering.; Biomaterials.; Material Science.; Biomedical Engineering.; Cell Biology.; Medical Microbiology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-74660-9

This authoritative book offers a detailed overview of present and future tissue engineering approaches and their contribution to regenerative medicine. It combines comprehensive reviews of the biology and materials science underlying the development and regeneration of different types of tissues wit...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: the History of Regenerative Medicine
• Soft Tissues Characteristics and Strategies for their Replacement and Regeneration
• Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering of Hard Tissue
• Biomimetic and Bio-responsive Materials in Regenerative Medicine: Intelligent Materials for Healing Living Tissues
• Clinical Approaches to Skin Regeneration
• Biology of Angiogenesis: Developmental Phases, Pathological Damages and Physiological Pathways of Regeneration
• Tissue Engineering of Small- and Large-Diameter Blood Vessels
• Pancreas Biology, Pathology and Tissue Engineering
• The Holy Grail of Hepatocytes Culturing and Therapeutic Use
• Peripheral Nerve Injury, Repair and Regeneration
• Therapeutic Strategies in Ocular Tissue Regeneration: the Role of Stem Cells
• Cartilage Development, Physiology, Pathologies and Regeneration
• Basic Science and Clinical Strategies for Articular Cartilage Regeneration / Repair
• Bone Biology: Development and Regeneration Mechanisms in Physiological and Pathological Conditions
• Clinical Applications of Bone Tissue Engineering
• Conclusions.