Tissue Engineering for Tissue and Organ Regeneration
Tissue Engineering may offer new treatment alternatives for organ replacement or repair deteriorated organs. Among the clinical applications of Tissue Engineering are the production of artificial skin for burn patients, tissue engineered trachea, cartilage for knee-replacement procedures, urinary bl...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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IntechOpen
2011
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Collection: | Directory of Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | Tissue Engineering may offer new treatment alternatives for organ replacement or repair deteriorated organs. Among the clinical applications of Tissue Engineering are the production of artificial skin for burn patients, tissue engineered trachea, cartilage for knee-replacement procedures, urinary bladder replacement, urethra substitutes and cellular therapies for the treatment of urinary incontinence. The Tissue Engineering approach has major advantages over traditional organ transplantation and circumvents the problem of organ shortage. Tissues reconstructed from readily available biopsy material induce only minimal or no immunogenicity when reimplanted in the patient. This book is aimed at anyone interested in the application of Tissue Engineering in different organ systems. It offers insights into a wide variety of strategies applying the principles of Tissue Engineering to tissue and organ regeneration. |
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Item Description: | Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ |
Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (468 p.) |
ISBN: | 1146 9789535164494 9789533076881 |