Strategies in Regenerative Medicine

This authoritative text offers a detailed overview of tissue engineering approaches to regenerative medicine. It presents both current strategies and future possibilities and includes student exercises and references to relevant websites.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of present and future tissue engineering approaches and their contribution to regenerative medicine. It combines comprehensive reviews of the biology underlying the development and regeneration of different types of tissues in health and disease with the current and future strategies in regenerative medicine to meet clinical needs. Each chapter includes typical examples of methodologies and technical solutions as the basis for the most recent scientific findings and biomedical products, tables as mini-databases summarizing the most recent findings, and expert opinion on future research needs. There are exercises for students and links to specific websites in the main body of the text to complement a traditional reference list.

Provides a comprehensive overview of the field of regenerative medicine Written from a multidisciplinary perspective Presents the work of international experts according to consistent, well-defined editorial guidelines Includes comprehensive reviews of the underlying biology of tissue regeneration as well as student exercises, making the book ideal for use as a teaching text Describes the latest research and future perspectives in the framework of clinical and industrial needs

Klappentext

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 with descriptions of current and future strategies in regenerative medicine to meet clinical needs. Each chapter includes typical examples of methodologies and technical solutions as the basis for the most recent scientific findings and biomedical products, tables as mini-databases summarizing the most recent findings, and links to specific websites in the main body of the text to complement a traditional reference list. Strategies in Regenerative Medicine: Integrating Biology with Materials Design covers topics from basic biology and materials science to the link between biological processes in tissue regeneration and biomedical device/tissue engineering product performance.

Inhalt
Introduction: History of Regenerative Medicine.- Soft Tissues Characteristics and Strategies for Their Replacement and Regeneration.- Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering of Hard Tissues.- Biomimetic and Bio-responsive Materials in Regenerative Medicine.- Clinical Approaches to Skin Regeneration.- Angiogenesis in Development, Disease, and Regeneration.- Tissue Engineering of Small#x2013; and Large#x2013; Diameter Blood Vessels.- Pancreas Biology, Pathology, and Tissue Engineering.- The Holy Grail of Hepatocyte 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: Towards High-Performance and Industrially Sustainable Tissue Engineering Products.