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Record Nr.

UNINA9910583371903321

Titolo

Skin tissue models / / edited by Alexandra P. Marques [and three others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waltham, Massachusetts : , : Elsevier, , [2018]

�2018

ISBN

0-12-811000-7

0-12-810545-3

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xx, 451 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

616.500724

Soggetti

Skin

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Section A. Therapeutic molecules and cosmetics testing -- Section B. Skin diseases : clinical demands and diseased-skin in vitro models -- Section C. Skin substitutes : clinical demands and skin tissue equivalents -- Section D. In vitro models as study platforms of skin biology -- Section E. Emerging technologies for the development of 3D skin models.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a translational link for biomedical researchers on the interdisciplinary approaches to skin regeneration. It offers readers preliminary description of the normal structure and function of mammalian skin, exposure to clinical problems and disease, coverage of potential therapeutic molecules and testing, skin substitutes, models as study platforms of skin biology and emerging technologies.