Operational success and failure of human physiology conjures up more questions than answers. We currently understand less about how we as humans work, than we may care to admit. Asking the right questions about our bodies and problem solving requires an integrated, multidisciplinary biological and engineering focus. Fundamental to tissue engineering is a systems approach buttressed by biologists and engineers. We all age.
Tissue engineering focuses on ways to make our lives better by developing products to help people.
Products can consist of treatments to build deficient osteoporotic bone. The products can include treatments to choke off the blood supply to malignant cells, stopping cancer in its tracks. Tissue engineering also can include technologies to improve surgical operations, diagnoses, and to predict clinical outcomes. If the answer is yes, tissue engineering may offer a way to short circuit these diseases. A multidisciplinary group can propose solutions and answer questions.