Silk Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0857096990 ISBN 13: 9780857096999

Publisher: Woodhead Publishing, 2014

Synopsis

Silk is increasingly being used as a biomaterial for tissue engineering applications, as well as sutures, due to its unique mechanical and chemical properties. Silk Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine discusses the properties of silk that make it useful for medical purposes and its applications in this area.

Part one introduces silk biomaterials, discussing their fundamentals and how they are processed, and considering different types of silk biomaterials. Part two focuses on the properties and behavior of silk biomaterials and the implications of this for their applications in biomedicine. These chapters focus on topics including biodegradation, bio-response to silk sericin, and capillary growth behavior in porous silk films. Finally, part three discusses the applications of silk biomaterials for tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, and biomedicine, with chapters on the use of silk biomaterials for vertebral, dental, dermal, and cardiac tissue engineering.

Silk Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine is an important resource for materials and tissue engineering scientists, R&D departments in industry and academia, and academics with an interest in the fields of biomaterials and tissue engineering.

• Discusses the properties and applications of silk for medical purposes
• Considers pharmaceutical and cosmeceutical applications

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About the Author

Subhas C. Kundu, PhD, is a Research Coordinator and former European Research Area Chair and Professor at the 3B´s Research Group, I3Bs – Institute on Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics of the University of Minho, Portugal. His research interests include silk biomaterial matrices for biomedical applications, including 3D in vitro cancer models for investigating tumour growth and progression. In addition, he is using natural-based biomaterials for 3D cancer modelling and drug screening.

From the Back Cover

Silk is increasingly being used as a biomaterial for tissue engineering applications, as well as sutures, due to its unique mechanical and chemical properties. Silk biomaterials for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine will discuss the properties of silk which make it useful for medical purposes and its applications in this area.

Part I will provide an introduction to silk biomaterials, discussing the fundamentals of silk biomaterials, how they are processed and considering different types of silk biomaterials. Part II will focus on the properties and behaviour of silk biomaterials and the implications of this on their applications in biomedicine. Finally, Part III will discuss the applications of silk biomaterials for tissue engineering, regenerative medicine and biomedicine, with chapters on the use of silk biomaterials for vertebral, dental, dermal and cardiac tissue engineering.

Silk biomaterials for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine will be an important resource for materials/tissue engineering scientists, R&D departments in industry and academia, and academics with an interest in the fields of biomaterials and tissue engineering.

S. Kundu is a Professor of Biotechnology at the Indian Institute of Technology. He is also an Elected Member of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society.

Edition details

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0857096990
• ISBN 13: 9780857096999
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 582
• Editor: Kundu Subhas C.