Main 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