Tissue Engineering: From Basic Sciences to Clinical Perspectives

Tissue Engineering: From Basic Sciences to Clinical Perspectives

Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine are interrelated terms and go hand in hand whether we discuss about cells (of any kind especially stem and progenitor cells), bio-materials as matrices (2D films, 3D forms of scaffolds, nanofibers, hydrogels, nanoparticles, aerogel, microcapsules, mats, biogel for 3D printing, blends of naturals and/or synthetics , and others), and addition of bioact...

Meniscus tissue engineering on the nanoscale: from basic principles to clinical application.

The meniscus is a fibrocartilaginous tissue uniquely adapted to enable load transmission in the knee. Although the meniscus was once considered a useless remnant of joint formation, removal of all or part of the meniscus initiates osteoarthritis. Surgical repair methods focus on fragment stabilization or biologic enhancement of healing. An alternative approach based on tissue-engineering princi...

Future perspectives in tissue engineering: ‘Tissue Engineering’ Review Series

Dr. Charles Vacanti can be considered to be some of the "Stem cells of tissue engineering", as it has been put once by Dr. Peter Johnson, the former president of the Tissue Engineering Society International. They made some of the seminal observations that have enabled many people worldwide to develop many types of tissues. A world-renowned leader in tissue engineering, Dr. Charles A. Vacanti is...

Membrane Engineering: Future Perspectives

Tissue Engineering in Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Sciences

Orthopaedic surgery as a speciality lends itself well to tissue engineering. Many musculoskeletal tissues are frequently damaged or lost in injury and disease, and show a limited capacity for repair. Although orthopaedic surgery has been successful in replacing cartilage, the coming years will establish whether a shift from replacement towards regeneration of tissue is feasible. There has been ...