Full Description
Harnessing Fiber-based Natural Biomaterials: For Tissue Engineering and Regeneration explores in detail the utilization of these materials in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. The chapters cover fabrication techniques, scaffold design, cell interactions, and regenerative therapies along with their mechanical aspects. The book begins with an introduction to fundamental concepts, key challenges, and future opportunities for utilizing these materials in biomedical applications. Emphasis is placed on their characteristics and properties, fabrication strategies such as electrospinning, and 3D printing, as well as the source of biomaterials such as plant, animal, marine or microbial-derived biomaterials. A range of applications in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine are detailed, including bone, cartilage, skin, and nervous tissue. This book is a valuable reference for academic and industrial researchers, materials scientists and engineers, manufacturers, chemists, biomedical engineers, and those working in the research and development of natural-based scaffolds for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.
Contents
1. Introduction to fiber-based natural biomaterials for tissue engineering and regeneration
2. Characteristics and properties of fiber-based natural biomaterials
3. Strategies for fabrication of fiber-based biomaterials
4. Electrospinning for fabrication of fiber-based natural biomaterials for tissue engineering and regeneration
5. 3D printing technology for fabrication of fiber-based natural biomaterials for tissue engineering and regeneration
6. Plant-derived biomaterials for tissue engineering
7. Animal-derived biomaterials for tissue engineering
8. Marine-derived biomaterials for tissue engineering
9. Microbial-derived biomaterials for tissue engineering
10. Applications of fiber-based natural biomaterials in bone tissue engineering
11. Applications of fiber-based natural biomaterials in cartilage tissue engineering
12. Applications of fiber-based natural biomaterials in skin tissue engineering
13. Applications of fiber-based natural biomaterials in nerve tissue engineering
14. Applications of fiber-based natural biomaterials in cardiac tissue engineering
15. Challenges and advances in fiber-based natural biomaterials for tissue engineering
16. Toxicological and regulatory aspects of natural biomaterials for tissue engineering
17. Case Studies of successful implementation of natural biomaterials for tissue engineering applications
