WTEC Panel Report on Tissue Engineering Research
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: December 13, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780124841505
Subjects: Biotechnology; Science; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Cytology; Physiology; Science / Biotechnology; Reference
First sentence: Tissue engineering as defined in this report is "the application of principles and methods of engineering and life sciences to obtain a fundamental understanding of structure-function relationships in novel and pathological mammalian tissues and the development of biological substitutes to restore, maintain, or improve [tissue] function" (Skalak and Fox 1988).