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Future strategies for tissue and organ replacement /

Several textbooks have been published that discuss just one or two of the areas concerning tissue and organ replacement. This important book brings together all the different approaches for the first time. The contributors are established experts in their respective fields. The multidisciplinary nat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Polak, Julia M., Hench, L. L., Kemp, P. (Paul)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : River Edge, NJ : Imperial College Press ; Distributed by World Scientific Pub., ©2002.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Bioactive materials for tissue engineering scaffolds / L.L. Hench, J.R. Jones, & P. Sepulveda
  • Low temperature preservation of biological organs and tissues / B. Rubinsky
  • Tissue engineering: clinical applications and mechanical control / R.A. Brown
  • Recent developments in skin substitutes / W.R. Otto
  • Tissue engineering in the musculoskeletal system / M. Sittinger, O. Schultz, & T. Haupl
  • Engineering the liver / C. Selden & H. Hodgson
  • Tissue engineering of the genitourinary system / A. Atala
  • Implantation of kidney rudiments / M.R. Hammerman
  • Xenotransplantation: will pigs fly? / A.J.T. George & R.I. Lechler
  • Therapeutic strategies for xenotransplantation / K. Teranishi, I.P.J. Alwayn, L. Buhler, D.H. Sachs & D.K.C. Cooper
  • Encapsulation as a strategy for cell xenotransplantation / B.L. Schneider & P. Aebischer
  • The immunologic barriers of xenotransplantation and application of genetic engineering / J.H. Tai & J.L. Platt
  • Stem cells: sources and applications / L.D.K. Buttery & J.M. Polak
  • Possible production of spare parts using methods of developmental biology / J.M.W. Slack
  • Safety of human tissues and cells for transplantation / R.M. Warwick & J.N. Kearney.