Full Description
Tissue Engineering Using Ceramics and Polymers, Third Edition is a valuable reference tool for both academic researchers and scientists involved in biomaterials or tissue engineering, including the areas of bone and soft-tissue reconstruction, repair and organ regeneration. With its distinguished editors and international team of contributors, this book reviews the latest research and advances in this thriving area and how they can be used to develop treatments for disease states. New sections cover nanobiomaterials, drug delivery, advanced imaging and MRI for tissue engineering, and characterization of vascularized scaffolds.
Technology and research in the field of tissue engineering has drastically increased within the last few years to the extent that almost every tissue and organ of the human body could potentially be regenerated with the aid of biomaterials.
Contents
Part I - General issues: Materials
1. Ceramic biomaterials for tissue engineering
2. Synthetic Polymeric biomaterials for tissue engineering
3. Natural polymeric biomaterials for tissue engineering
4. Bioactive glasses and ceramics for tissue engineering
5. Biodegradable and bioactive polymer/inorganic phase composites
Part II - General issues: Processing and characterisation
6. Overview of scaffolds processing technologies
7. Transplantation of engineered cells and tissues
8. Advanced imaging/MRI for tissue engineering
9. Nanoscale design in biomineralization for developing new biomaterials
10. Additive Manufacturing of Polymers and Ceramics for Tissue Engineering Applications
Part III - Tissue and organ regeneration
11. Myocardial tissue engineering
12. Bladder tissue regeneration
13. Peripheral nerve tissue engineering
14. Skeletal muscle tissue engineering
15. Cartilage tissue engineering
16. Bone tissue engineering
17. Nanofibrous scaffolds for skin tissue engineering and wound healing applications
18. Interface tissue engineering
19. Bioceramic nanoparticles for tissue engineering and drug delivery
20. Natural hydrogels for bone tissue engineering
21. Dense collagen-based scaffolds for soft tissue engineering applications
22. Female reproductive organs tissue engineering
23. Scaffolds with drug delivery capability
