Biomaterials and Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Ramalingam, Murugan; Best, Serena; Ramakrishna, Seeram

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book brings together current knowledge on biomaterials and stem cells in the context of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. It explores key scientific and clinical aspects, including the basic science involved in structure and properties, techniques and technological innovations in processing and characterization, and applications. Coverage ranges from fundamental principles to advances at the macro, micro, nano, and molecular scales. The book bridges the gaps in experimental approaches and understanding among the materials science and engineering, biological sciences, and biomedical science and engineering communities, making it a valuable reference for multidisciplinary biomedical research.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 564
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781439879269
• Artikelnr.: 39142517

Autorenporträt

Murugan Ramalingam is an associate professor of biomaterials and tissue engineering at the Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U977, Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, University of Strasbourg (UdS), France. Concurrently, he holds an adjunct associate professorship at Tohoku University, Japan. He has authored over 125 publications, including several patents, relevant to biomaterials and tissue engineering. He serves on the editorial boards of multiple journals, including as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Bionanoscience and the Journal of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering. For more about Dr. Ramalingam, see his profile on the University of Strasbourg's Biomaterials Group website. Seeram Ramakrishna, FREng, FNAE, FAIMBE, is a professor of materials engineering at the National University of Singapore. He pioneered translucent biomaterials and devices, which are now marketed globally. He specializes in the design, processing, and validation of biomimetic scaffolds for the regeneration of various tissues. He is acknowledged as the number one in the field of materials by electrospinning. Ramakrishna has authored five books and over 400 international journal papers, which has attracted approximately 14,000 citations with an h-index of 54. For more about Dr. Ramakrishna, see his profile on the National University of Singapore website. Serena Best is a professor at the Cambridge Centre for Medical Materials within the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge. She has more than 130 publications in the field of biomaterials, and her work has contributed to the formation of two successful spinout companies. Her interests currently encompass the development of bioactive ceramics, coatings, and composites for various biomedical applications. Dr. Best is an editor of the Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine and also sits on several editorial boards, including the Journal of the Royal Society Interface. For more about Dr. Best, see her profile on the University of Cambridge website.

Inhaltsangabe

Identification and Application of Polymers as Biomaterials for Tissue
Engineering and Regenerative Medicine. Hydrogel as Stem Cell Niche for In
Vivo Applications in Regenerative Medicine. Fabrication and Application of
Gradient Hydrogels in Cell and Tissue Engineering. Smart Biomaterial
Scaffold for In Situ Tissue Regeneration. Fabrication of 3D Scaffolds and
Organ Printing for Tissue Regeneration. Natural Membranes as Scaffold for
Biocompatible Aortic Valve Leaflets: Perspectives from Pericardium?
Spatially Designed Nanofibrous Membranes for Periodontal Tissue
Regeneration. Autoinductive Scaffolds for Osteogenic Differentiation of
Mesenchymal Stem Cells. Ophthalmic Applications of Biomaterials in
Regenerative Medicine. Calcium Phosphates as Scaffolds for Mesenchymal Stem
Cells. Bioactive Glasses as Composite Components: Technological Advantages
and Bone Tissue Engineering Applications. Processing Metallic Biomaterials
for a Better Cell Response. Osteogenic Adult Stem Cells and Titanium
Constructs for Repair and Regeneration. Stem Cell Response to Biomaterial
Topography. Growth Factors, Stem Cells, Scaffolds and Biomaterials for
Tendon Regeneration. Biomaterials and Stem Cells for Myocardial Repair.
Perinatal Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine. Adult Stem Cell Survival
Strategies. Immunobiology of Biomaterial/Mesenchymal Stem Cell
Interactions. Autologous Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Tissue Engineering in
Urology. Umbilical Cord Matrix Mesenchymal Stem Cells: A Potential
Allogenic Cell Source for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.
Human Embryonic Stem Cells and Tissue Regeneration. Clinical Applications
of Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Biomaterial Constructs for Tissue Reconstruction.
Clinical Aspects of the Use of Stem Cells and Biomaterials for Bone Repair
and Regeneration. Clinical Translation of Tissue Engineering and
Regenerative Medicine Technologies. Index.