Table of Contents:
  • The history of tissue engineering using biodegradable synthetic polymer scaffolds and cells / Beverly E. Chaignaud, Robert S. Langer, and Joseph P. Vacanti
  • Legal issues involved in tissue engineering / Patrea L. Pabst
  • FDA regulation of tissue engineering / William H. Kitchens
  • Synthesis and properties of biodegradable polymers used as synthetic matrices for tissue engineering / Wai Hung Wong and David Mooney
  • Bioactive polymers / Jennifer L. West and Jeffrey A. Hubbell
  • Drug delivery related to tissue engineering / Kam W. Leong
  • Tissue engineering in the epithelial system / Gail Naughton, Ronnda Bartel and Jonathan Mansbridge
  • Tissue engineering in the genitourinary system / Anthony Atala
  • Tissue engineering and the vascular system / Robert M. Nerem ... [et al.]
  • New frontiers in tissue engineering : tissue engineered heart valves / Toshiharu Shin'oka and John E. Mayer Jr.
  • Tissue engineering cartilage and bone / Yilin Cao, Clemente Ibarra and Charles A. Vacanti
  • Tissue engineering of bone / Rebekah D. Bostrom and Antonios G. Mikos
  • Tissue engineering of the liver / Hanmin Lee and Joseph P. Vacanti.