-Softcover reprint of a successful hardcover reference (370 copies sold) Price to be accessible to the rapidly increasing population of students and investigators in the field of tissue engineering Chapters written by wellknown researchers discuss issues in functional tissue engineering as well as provide guidelines and a summary of the current state of technology

InhaltsangabePart I. The Functional Properties of Native Tissues * How Does Nature Build a Tissue? * Ligament Healing: Present Status and the Future of Functional Tissue Engineering * Native Properties of Cardiovascular Tissues: Guidelines for Functional Tissue Engineering * Functional Properties of Native Articular Cartilage * Excitability and Contractility of Skeletal Muscle: Measurements and Interpretations * Part II. Functional Requirements of Engineered Tissues * Functional Requirements for the Engineering of a Blood Vessel Substitute * In vivo Force and Strain of Tendon, Ligament and Capsule * Requirements for Biological Replacement of the Articular Cartilage at the Knee Joint * Functional Requirements: Cartilage * Part III. Design Parameters for Tissue Engineering * Design Parameters for Functional Tissue Engineering * Tissue Engineering a Heart: Critical Issues * Design Parameters for Engineering Bone Regeneration * Tissue Engineering of Bone: The Potential Uses of Gene Therapy for Difficult Bone Loss Problems * Engineered Skeletal Muscle: Functional Tissues, Organs and Interfaces * Bioengineering the Growth of Articular Cartilage * Part IV. Assessment of Function in Engineered Tissues * Functional Tissue Engineering: Assessment of Function in Tendon and Ligament Repair * The Role of Mechanical Forces in Tissue Engineering of Articular Cartilage * Biomechanics of Native and Engineered Heart Valves * Assessment of Function in Tissue Engineered Vascular Grafts * Assessment of the Performance of Engineered Tissues in Humans Requires the Development of Highly Sensitive and Quantitative Non-invasive Outcome Measures * Part V. Cell-matrix Interactions in Functional Tissue Engineering * The Biomechanics of Cell-matrix Interactions in Tissue Engineering * Regulation of Cellular Response to Mechanical Signals by Matrix Design * Artificial Soft Tissue Fabrication from Cell-contracted Biopolymers * Cytomechanics: Signaling to Mechanical Load in Connective Tissue Cells and Role in Tissue Engineering * Part VI. Bioreactors and the Role of Biophysical Stimuli in Tissue Engineering * The Role of Biomechanics in Analysis of Cardiovascular Diseases: Regulation of the Fluid Shear Response by Inflammatory Mediators * A Full Spectrum of Tissue Engineered Blood Vessels: From Macroscopic to Microscopic * Engineered Functional Cartilage and Cardiac Tissue: In vitro Culture Parameters * Tissue Engineered Skeletal Muscle * Part VII. Regulatory and Clinical Issues in Tissue Engineering * From Concept Towards the Clinic: Preclinical Evaluation of Tissue Engineered Constructs * Trends in the FDA