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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830569903321

Autore

Brown Robert

Titolo

Extreme Tissue Engineering : Concepts and Strategies for Tissue Fabrication / / Robert Brown

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified] : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , 2013

ISBN

1-119-94106-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 252 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

610.28

Soggetti

Tissue engineering

Cell culture

Regenerative medicine

Tissue scaffolds

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Which tissue engineering tribe are you from? -- Checking out the tissue groupings and the small print -- What cells "hear" when we say "3D" -- Making support-scaffolds containing living cells -- Making the shapes for cells in support-scaffolds -- Asymmetry : 3D complexity and layer engineering: worth the hassle? -- Other ways to grow tissues? -- bioreactors and all that bio-engineering jazz -- Towards 4D fabrication : time, monitoring, function and process dynamics.

Sommario/riassunto

Highly Commended at the BMA Book Awards 2013 Extreme Tissue Engineering is an engaging introduction to Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (TERM), allowing the reader to understand, discern and place into context the mass of scientific, multi-disciplinary data currently flooding the field.