New materials and technologies for healthcare
By: editors: by Larry Hench, Julian Jones, & Michael B. Fenn
Publisher: Imperial College Press; Distributed by World Scientific Pub. Co.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London; Hackensack, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 511
ISBN-13: 9781848165588
Subjects: Biomedical materials; Nanomedicine; Tissue scaffolds; Bioactive compounds; Regenerative medicine
Description: "This volume summarizes recent developments in the use of new materials and technologies in healthcare.  The emphasis is on new approaches that incorporate bioactive materials and scaffolds with cells in the emerging technologies of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.  The incorporation of nanotechnology, stem cells, and gene control of cells is included in the current research discussed" ---P. [4] of cover.
Table of contents: title: 21st century challenges for biomaterials / Larry L. Hench; title: Stem cell technology: hope or hype? / Larry L. Hench and Julian R. Jones; title: Bioactive materials for gene control / Larry L. Hench; title: Nanoparticles for novel healthcare therapeutics / Sudipta Seal ... [et al.]; title: Glass microspheres for cancer treatment / Delbert E. Day; title: Bioactive glasses and angiogenesis / Alejandro A. Gorustovich, Luis A. Haro Durand, Aldo R. Boccaccini; title: Clinical applications of bioactive glasses for maxillo-facial repair / Ian Thompson; title: Clinical applications of bioactive glass-ceramics / Takao Yamamuro; title: Hierarchical porous scaffolds for bone regeneration / Julian R. Jones; title: Cartilage regeneration / Adam C. Grochowski and MIchael B. Fenn; title: Hydrogels for tissue engineering of articular cartilage / Javier S. Castro; title: Total knee replacements / Jason Wertz; title: Total hip replacement / Kim Elshot Alvarez; title: Bioactive surfaces for total hip prosthesis / Takao Yamamuro; title: Artificial skin and wound dressings / Krystle Placencio ... [et al.]; title: Degenerative disc disease in the lumbar spine / Russell Beal; title: Shoulder repair / Shane D. Smith; title: Drug-eluting stents: worth the risk? / Adam Estelle; title: Treating aortic aneurysms / Rochellee Manygoats; title: Abdominal aortic aneurysms: treatment and repair / John Ashton; title: Heart valve stenosis and surgical repair: present and future / Scott Cooper; title: Prosthetic vascular grants for treatment of peripheral arterial disease / Margo Ellis; title: Small-diameter vascular grafts / Kyle Marr; title: Spinal cord repair: current methods and limitations / Julie Lockwood; title: Spinal cord repair for paraplegics / Jeffrey Calhoun; title: Brain-machine interfaces / Matthew Goodman; title: Stem cell research for treatment of Parkinson's disease / Colleen Young and Michael B. Fenn; title: Tissue engineering for corneal regeneration / Ayyasamy Aruchamy; title: Development of Lasik: laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis; title: Hearing devices: experiencing a world of sound / Savannah Burnside; title: Glass-ceramic dental restorations / Wolfram Höland and Volker M. Rheinberger; title: Pain-desensitizing dental materials / David C. Greenspan; title: Ethical considerations in biomaterials research and development / Mrinal K. Musiband and Subrata Saha; title: The ending / Larry L. Hench.