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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136984503321

Titolo

Ocular tissue engineering / / Dimitrios Karamichos (Ed.)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Basel, Switzerland] : , : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

9783038422020

9783038422013

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 292 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s)

Disciplina

617.752

Soggetti

Ophthalmology - Tissue engineering

Ophthalmology - Technological innovations

Therapeutics, Ophthalmological

Tissue engineering

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This book is a reprint of the special issue that appeared in the online open access journal Journal of Functional Biomatrials (ISSN 2079-4983) in 2015-2016" -- title page verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. An editorial --Chapter 2. Ocular disease and future biomaterials --3. Ocular nanotechnology and tissue engineering

Sommario/riassunto

Tissue engineering emerged back in the 1990s as a new concept to overcome the problem of tissue and organ failure. Over recent decades, there has been incredible progress towards the regeneration of tissues such as bone, heart valves, cartilage, cornea, and retina. In terms of ocular tissue engineering, despite the scientific and strategic incentive for reconstructing ocular tissues, there is also a tremendous need for novel therapeutic options in treating numerous eye diseases related to tissue failure. The aim of this Special Issue is to discuss tissue engineering applications of ocular tissues including but not limited to cornea, retina, and lenses.