Future strategies for tissue and organ replacement
By: editors, Julia M. Polak, Larry L. Hench, P. Kemp.
Contributors: Polak, Julia M.; Hench, L. L.; Kemp, P.
Publisher: Imperial College Press; Distributed by World Scientific Pub.
Published: 2002
Place of publication: London; River Edge, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 427
Subjects: Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.; Transplantation immunology.; Organ Transplantation.; Tissue Transplantation.; Transplantation Immunology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Bioactive materials for tissue engineering scaffolds -- L.L. Hench, J.R. Jones, & P. Sepulveda; title: Low temperature preservation of biological organs and tissues -- B. Rubinsky; title: Tissue engineering: clinical applications and mechanical control -- R.A. Brown; title: Recent developments in skin substitutes -- W.R. Otto; title: Tissue engineering in the musculoskeletal system -- M. Sittinger, O. Schultz, & T. Haupl; title: Engineering the liver -- C. Selden & H. Hodgson; title: Tissue engineering of the genitourinary system -- A. Atala; title: Implantation of kidney rudiments -- M.R. Hammerman; title: Xenotransplantation: will pigs fly? -- A.J.T. George & R.I. Lechler; title: Therapeutic strategies for xenotransplantation -- K. Teranishi, I.P.J. Alwayn, L. Buhler, D.H. Sachs & D.K.C. Cooper; title: Encapsulation as a strategy for cell xenotransplantation -- B.L. Schneider & P. Aebischer; title: The immunologic barriers of xenotransplantation and application of genetic engineering -- J.H. Tai & J.L. Platt; title: Stem cells: sources and applications -- L.D.K. Buttery & J.M. Polak; title: Possible production of spare parts using methods of developmental biology -- J.M.W. Slack; title: Safety of human tissues and cells for transplantation -- R.M. Warwick & J.N. Kearney.