Vascular Tissue Engineering: Progress, Challenges, and Clinical Promise

Overview on Vascular Tissue Engineering: Progress and Challenges

Today, vascular diseases such as atherosclerosis are one of the leading causes of death in the world and the prevalence of it in older societies is rising. The current treatments for repair of cardiovascular function include organ transplantation, surgical reconstruction, mechanical or artificial devices, or the use of metabolic products. Although these methods are commonly used, they did not g...

CME Tissue Engineering: Progress and Challenges

Tissue engineering is the interdisciplinary field of principles of engineering and life sciences. Most of the financial support for this field originates in the private sector, creating a relative economic handicap. Despite initial enthusiasm for the field, limited products for clinical use have been developed. This article evaluates the current progress in the field of tissue engineeering, the...

Stroke: Challenges, Progress, and Promise

Hydrogel scaffolds for tissue engineering: Progress and challenges

Designing of biologically active scaffolds with optimal characteristics is one of the key factors for successful tissue engineering. Recently, hydrogels have received a considerable interest as leading candidates for engineered tissue scaffolds due to their unique compositional and structural similarities to the natural extracellular matrix, in addition to their desirable framework for cellular...

Tendon tissue engineering: progress, challenges, and translation to the clinic.

The tissue engineering field has made great strides in understanding how different aspects of tissue engineered constructs (TECs) and the culture process affect final tendon repair. However, there remain significant challenges in developing strategies that will lead to a clinically effective and commercially successful product. In an effort to increase repair quality, a better understanding of ...