Tissue Engineering of Cartilage and Bone - No. 249 (Novartis Foundation Symposia)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Wiley; J. Wiley
Published: May 6, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780470844816
Subjects: Biomedical engineering; Orthopaedics & fractures; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Surgery - General; Medical / Biotechnology; Medical / General; Biotechnology; General; Orthopedics; Animal cell biotechnology; Bone regeneration; Cartilage; Diseases; Joints
First sentence: Current treatments of osteoarthritis (OA) focus on pain and loss of joint function.
Description: "Tissue engineering takes advantage of the combined use of cultured living cells and three-dimensional scaffolds to reconstruct adult tissues that are absent or malfunctioning. This book brings together scientists and clinicians working on a variety of apporaches for regenerating of damaged or lost cartilage and bone to assess the progress of this dynamic field"--Back cover.