Title of article :
Tissue Engineering: A Biological Solution for Tissue Damage, Loss or End Stage Organ Failure
Author/Authors :
Heidaran, Mohammad A Orquest Inc. - 365 Ravendale Drive - Mountain View - USA
Pages :
5
From page :
1
To page :
5
Abstract :
In recent years the science of tissue engineering has emerged as a powerful tool for the development of a novel set of tissue replacement parts and technologies. Recent advances in the fields of biomaterials, stem cell technologies, growth factor field and biomimetics have created a unique set of opportunities for investigators to fabricate lab-grown tissues from combination of extracellular matrices (scaffolds), cells, and bioactive molecules. Despite these breakthrough advances, the major challenges facing this new emerging field of bioengineering remain unresolved as lab-grown tissues still exhibit a general lack of functional and biomechanical stability needed for transplantation. A successful strategy to develop true human replacement parts requires a multidisciplinary approach that converges recent advances in tissue, matrix, growth factor and developmental biology with recent technological breakthroughs in tissueinformatics, bioinformatics, highthrouput combinatorial chemistry and stem cell technologies
Keywords :
Extracellular matrices , Stem cells , Biomaterial , Tissue engineering , Growth factors
Journal title :
Astroparticle Physics
Serial Year :
2000
Record number :
2474239
Link To Document :
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