Biotechnology in Surgery

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Barbarisi, Alfonso (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Milano : Springer Milan, 2011.
• Series: Updates in Surgery ;
• Subjects: Medicine.; Biotechnology.; Oncology.; Surgery.; Stem cells.; Biomaterials.; Medicine & Public Health.; Stem Cells.

The 20th century has finished, the century when surgery took huge steps forward thanks to progress in technology. Now we have entered the "century of biotechnologies", which will not only generate progress in surgery, but also lead to a real "cultural revolution" that will comple...

Table of Contents:

• The Philosophy of Biotechnology.-Diagnosis
• Biomolecular Staging: Reality or Future Perspective?- Technology for Biotechnology
• Regenerative Medicine: Current and Potential Applications
• In Vivo Imaging of Regenerated Tissue: State of Art and Future Perspectives
• Biotechnological Approaches to Hemostasis and Molecular
• Mechanisms of Wound Healing
• Gene Therapy
• Stem Cells
• Cancer Stem Cells.