Tissue Engineering of Cartilage and Bone (eBook)

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Chair's Introduction (A. Caplan).

Tissue engineering of cartilage: do we need it, can we do it, is
it good and can we prove it? (L. Lohmander).

Embryonic development and the principles of tissue engineering
(A. Caplan).

The fundamentals of tissue engineering: scaffolds and
bioreactors (G. Vunjak-Novakovic).

Tissue-engineered versus native cartilage: linkage between
cellular mechano-transduction and biomechanical properties (J. Lee,
et al.).

From the preclinical model to the patient (E. Hunziker).

Mesenchymal stem cell therapy in joint disease (F. Barry).

Differentiated chondrocytes for cartilage tissue engineering (J.
Huckle, et al.).

Mesenchymal stem cells and bioceramics: strategies to regenerate
the skeleton (H. Ohgushi, et al.).

Bone marrow stromal cells and their use in regenerating bone (R.
Cancedda, et al.).

Studying the effect of different macrostructures on in
vitro cell behaviour and in vivo bone formation using a
tissue engineering approach (R. Dekker, et al.).

General discussion I

Cartilage repair with chondrocytes: clinical and cellular
aspects (A. Lindahl, et al.).

Qualitative and quantitative in vivo assessment of
articular cartilage using magnetic resonance imaging (E. O'Byrne,
et al.).

Hyaluronan-based scaffolds (Hyalograft¯® C) in
the treatment of knee cartilage defects: preliminary clinical
findings (A. Pavesio, et al.).

Quantitative analysis of repair tissue biopsies following
chondrocyte implantation (A. Hollander, et al.).

General discussion II: Tissue engineering using recombinant
human BMP2.

Final discussion and summing-up.

Index of contributors.

Subject index.

"...an excellent source of information...provides a
valuable insight into the present and future strategies for bone
and tissue engineering." (Annals of Biomedical Engineering,
February 2004)

"...an excellent source of information...provides
valuable insight into the present and future strategies for bone
and tissue engineering" (Annals of Biomedical Engineering,
Issue 32:02)

"...I found this book to be an excellent publication for
researchers already engaged in the field of tissue engineering".
(The Biochemist, 10 July 2003)

"...successfully sets about translating bone and
cartilage tissue engineering principles into a clinically relevant
science..." (The Newsletter of the British Society of
Cell Biology, Summer 2005)