Essentials of 3D Biofabrication and Translation - Hardcover

Anthony Atala; James J. Yoo

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0128009721 ISBN 13: 9780128009727

Publisher: Academic Press Inc, 2015

Synopsis

Essentials of 3D Biofabrication and Translation discusses the techniques that are making bioprinting a viable alternative in regenerative medicine. The book runs the gamut of topics related to the subject, including hydrogels and polymers, nanotechnology, toxicity testing, and drug screening platforms, also introducing current applications in the cardiac, skeletal, and nervous systems, and organ construction. Leaders in clinical medicine and translational science provide a global perspective of the transformative nature of this field, including the use of cells, biomaterials, and macromolecules to create basic building blocks of tissues and organs, all of which are driving the field of biofabrication to transform regenerative medicine. * Provides a new and versatile method to fabricating living tissue* Discusses future applications for 3D bioprinting technologies, including use in the cardiac, skeletal, and nervous systems, and organ construction* Describes current approaches and future challenges for translational science* Runs the gamut of topics related to the subject, from hydrogels and polymers to nanotechnology, toxicity testing, and drug screening platforms

About this title

About the Authors

Anthony Atala, MD, is the G. Link Professor and Director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, and the W. Boyce Professor and Chair of Urology. Dr. Atala is a practicing surgeon and a researcher in the area of regenerative medicine. Fifteen applications of technologies developed in Dr. Atala's laboratory have been used clinically. He is Editor of 25 books and 3 journals. Dr. Atala has published over 800 journal articles and has received over 250 national and international patents. Dr. Atala was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Sciences, to the National Academy of Inventors as a Charter Fellow, and to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.

Dr. Atala has led or served several national professional and government committees, including the National Institutes of Health working group on Cells and Developmental Biology, the National Institutes of Health Bioengineering Consortium, and the National Cancer Institute’s Advisory Board. He is a founding member of the Tissue Engineering Society, Regenerative Medicine Foundation, Regenerative Medicine Manufacturing Innovation Consortium, Regenerative Medicine Development Organization, and Regenerative Medicine Manufacturing Society.

Professor, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC

From the Back Cover

Built on the essentials of cell and protein biology, Essentials of 3D Biofabtication and Translation discusses the techniques that are making bioprinting a viable alternative in regenerative medicine. The use of cells, biomaterials, and macromolecules to create basic building blocks of tissues and organs is allowing researchers to study and better understand the relationship between controlled material and cell placement and the formation of tissues in three-dimensions (3D). Where current tissue engineering strategies can repair patches or parts of single tissues, biofabrication holds the potential to form complex engineered tissues, formed of different and multiple tissues, and organs. These developments are driving the field of biofabrication to transform the field of regenerative medicine.

In Essentials of 3D Biofabtication and Translation, leaders in clinical medicine and translational science provide a global perspective of the transformative nature of this field. Topics range from hydrogels and polymers to nanotechnology, toxicity testing and drug screening platforms to introduce the current applications in the cardiac, skeletal, and nervous systems as well as organ construction. A crucial resource for biomedical and bioengineering researchers, researchers in regenerative medicine and tissue engineering, as well as scientific administrators, this book is also a great text for graduate students in biotechnology as well.

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press Inc
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0128009721
• ISBN 13: 9780128009727
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 440