Bioresorbable Polymers for Biomedical Applications: From Fundamentals to Translational Medicine provides readers with an overview of bioresorbable polymeric materials in the biomedical field. A useful resource for materials scientists in industry and academia, offering information on the fundamentals and considerations, synthesis and processing, and the clinical and R and D applications of bioresorbable polymers for biomedical applications.
Bioresorbable Polymers for Biomedical Applications: From Fundamentals to Translational Medicine provides readers with an overview of bioresorbable polymeric materials in the biomedical field. A useful resource for materials scientists in industry and academia, offering information on the fundamentals and considerations, synthesis and processing, and the clinical and R and D applications of bioresorbable polymers for biomedical applications.
Giuseppe Perale is currently Professor of Regenerative Medicine at the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences of the University of Southern Switzerland (USI) in Lugano, Switzerland, and visiting Professor at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Experimental and Clinical Traumatology in Vienna, Austria
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Part One. Fundamentals and considerations of bioresorbable polymers for biomedical applications
1. Introduction to bioresorbable polymers for biomedical applications
2. Natural polymers: A source of inspiration
3. Bioresorbability of polymers: Chemistry, mechanisms, and modeling
4. The innate immune response: A key factor in biocompatibility
5. Form and function of resorbable materials-based medical devices
6. Quality management and safety of bioresorbable polymers for biomedical applications
7. Bringing bioresorbable polymers to market
Part Two. Synthesis and processing of bioresorbable polymeric materials for medical applications
8. Synthesis of bioresorbable polymers for medical applications
9. Processing and production of bioresorbable polymer scaffolds for tissue engineering
10. Synthesis and processing of hydrogels for medical applications
11. Bioresorbable polymer microparticles in the medical and pharmaceutical fields
12. Bioresorbable polymer nanoparticles in the medical and pharmaceutical fields: A promising field
13. Improving the pharmacodynamic and pharmacological profile of bioactive molecules using biopolymers
14. Click chemistry for improving properties of bioresorbable polymers for medical applications
15. Bioresorbable polymers for bioprinting applications
Part Three. Clinical and research and development (R&D) applications of bioresorbable polymers
16. Cell delivery for regenerative medicine by using bioresorbable polymers
17. Applications of bioresorbable polymers in the skeletal systems (cartilages, tendons, bones)
18. Applications of bioresorbable polymers in skin and eardrum
19. Bioresorbable polymers for next-generation cardiac scaffolds
20. Application of bioresorbable polymers in muscular system
21. Ocular applications of bioresorbable polymers-from basic research to clinical trials
22. Applications of bioresorbable polymers in the central nervous system
