Tissue Engineering

Description

For senior-level and first-year graduate courses in Tissue Engineering, in departments of bioengineering and for students researching tissue replacement and restorations as well as students of biology medicine and life science working with primary and complex cell biology.

This text—the first in its field—lays the foundation for students studying tissue engineering. It provides a conceptual framework that includes exposure to all the necessary background material in all areas.

Key Features

• Coverage of basic, important fundamental concepts—Rather than review articles.
• Makes this book a practical guide in the field as tissue engineering changes, and helps students establish a conceptual framework within which to place further advances in the field.
• A four-part presentation—Part I quantitative cell and tissue biology; Part IIcell and tissue characterization; Part IIIengineering methods and design; and Part IVclinical implementation.
• Supplies students with the broad coverage that eliminates their need to supplement class notes with medical and methods literature.
• Emphasis on relevant time and length scales of physical-chemical processes in cell biology and medicine.
• Establishes a conceptual framework within which to place further advances in the field.
• Broad range of quantitative homework sets with solutions.
• Gives students extensive opportunity to apply learned concepts throughout the text.

1. Introduction.
2. PART I. QUANTITATIVE CELL AND TISSUE BIOLOGY.
   1.  Tissue Organization.
   2.  Tissue Dynamics.
   3.  Morphogenesis.
   4.  Stem Cells.
   5.  The Cellular Fate Processes.
   6.  Coordination.
3. PART II. CELL AND TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION.
   1.  High-Throughput Biological Data.
   2.  Cell and Tissue properties.
   3. Cell and Tissue Culture.
   4. Gene Transfer.
4. PART III. ENGINEERING METHODS AND DESIGN.
   1. Time Constants.
   2. Scaling-up.
   3. Cell Separation.
   4. Biomaterial Scaffolds.
   5. Tailoring Biomaterials.
5. PART IV. CLINICAL IMPLEMENTATION.
   1. Conventional Approaches to Tissue Repair.
   2. Host Integration.
   3. Producing TE Therapies.
6. Tissue Engineering Study Problems.
7. Bibliography.
8. Index.