Functional Tissue Engineering

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Guilak, Farshid (Editor), Butler, David L. (Editor), Goldstein, Steven A. (Editor), Mooney, David J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2003.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Orthopedics.; Cell biology.; Biomedical engineering.; Life Sciences.; Cell Biology.; Biomedical Engineering.

The goal of "tissue engineering" is to repair or replace tissues and organs by delivering implanted cells, scaffolds, DNA, proteins, and/or protein fragments at surgery. Tissue engineering merges aspects of engineering and biology, and many rapid achievements in this field have arisen in...