An introduction to biomaterials /
Guelcher, Scott A.
Hollinger, Jeffrey O.
Boca Raton, Fla. ; London : CRC/Taylor & Francis,
2006.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Scott A. Guelcher and Jeffrey O. Hollinger -- Fundamental biological requirements of a biomaterial / James M. Anderson -- Cell-material interactions: fundamental design issues for tissue engineering and clinical considerations / Gregory M. Harbers and David W. Grainger -- Protein adsorption at the biomaterial/tissue interface / Philip LeDuc and Yadong Wang -- In vitro testing of biomaterials / Shelley R. Winn, John Mitchell, and Hasan Ulludağ -- Considerations for the in vivotesting of biomaterials / Jeffrey O. Hollinger and Mark Citron -- Fibrin and its applications / Bill Tawil -- Proteins and amino acid-derived polymers / Joshua C. Haarer and Kay C. Dee -- The poly([alpha]-esters) / Dennis D. Jamiolkowski and Edward J. Dormier -- Polyurethanes / Scott A. Guelcher -- Polymers derived from L-tyrosine / Joachim Kohn and Jaap Schut --
Poly(propylene fumarate) / Xinfeng Shi and Antonios G. Mikos -- Hyaluronan as a biomaterial / John H. Brekke and Kipling Thacker -- Chitosan / Frank Rauh and Michael Dornish -- Alginate / Michael Dornish and Frank Rauh -- Polyphosphazenes / Lakshmi S. Nair, Yusuf M. Khan, and Cato T. Laurencin -- Metallic biomaterials / Henry R. Piehler -- Ceramic biomaterials / Prashant N. Kumta -- Biomaterials for drug and gene delivery / Yihua Loo and Kam W. Leong -- Orthopedic prostheses and joint implants / Shanfeng Wang ... [et al.] -- Dental implants / Bruce A. Doll ... [et al.] -- Tissue engineering of bone / Sanjeev Kakar and Thomas A. Einhorn -- Tissue engineering - nervous system / Lizzie Y. Santiago and Kacey G. Marra -- Cardiovascular tissue engineering / Priya Ramaswami and William R. Wagner -- Tissue engineering - skin / Jonathan Mansbridge -- Tissue engineering of ligaments / Gregory H. Altman and Rebecca L. Horan -- Tissue engineering of articular cartilage / James W. Larson III and Constance R. Chu.
Biomedical materials.