Biomaterials, artificial organs and tissue engineering - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 185573737X ISBN 13: 9781855737372

Publisher: Woodhead Publishing, 2005

Synopsis

Maintaining quality of life in an ageing population is one of the great challenges of the 21st Century. This book and collection of illustrated CD lectures summarises how this challenge is being met by multi-disciplinary developments of specialty biomaterials, devices, artificial organs and in-vitro growth of human cells as tissue engineered constructs. Biomaterials, Artificial Organs and Tissue Engineering is intended for use as a textbook in a one semester course for upper level BS, MS and Meng students. The 25 chapters are organized in five parts: Part one provides an introduction to living and man-made materials for the non-specialist; Part two is an overview of clinical applications of various biomaterials and devices; Part three summarises the bioengineering principles, materials and designs used in artificial organs; Part four presents the concepts, cell techniques, scaffold materials and applications of tissue engineering; Part five provides an overview of the complex socio-economic factors involved in technology based healthcare, including regulatory controls, technology transfer processes and ethical issues. Each chapter is supplemented with illustrated Power Point lectures and study questions in an easy to use CD to aid the reader in self-paced instruction.

About this title

About the Authors

Larry L. Hench is Professor of Ceramic Materials at Imperial College London and Co-Director of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Centre. His academic career at the University of Florida, USA and Imperial College London, spanning forty years, has focussed on developing innovative new materials, including the discovery of Bioglass®, the first man-made material to bond to living tissues.

Julian R. Jones is a Royal Academy of Engineering/EPRSC Research Fellow in the Department of Materials, Imperial College London. In 2004 he was awarded the Silver Medal for outstanding achievement by a young researcher in materials science by the UK Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.

From the Back Cover

Maintaining quality of life in an ageing population is one of
the great challenges of the 21st Century. This book and collection of
illustrated CD lectures summarises how this challenge is being met by
multi-disciplinary developments of specialty biomaterials, devices,
artificial organs and in-vitro growth of human cells as tissue engineered
constructs.

Biomaterials, Artificial Organs and Tissue Engineering is intended for use
as a textbook in a one semester course for upper level BS, MS and Meng
students. The 25 chapters are organized in 5 parts: Part 1 provides an
introduction to living and man-made materials for the non-specialist; Part
2 is an overview of clinical applications of various biomaterials and
devices; Part 3 summarises the bioengineering principles, materials and
designs used in artificial organs; Part 4 presents the concepts, cell
techniques, scaffold materials and applications of tissue engineering; Part
5 provides an overview of the complex socio-economic factors involved in
technology based healthcare, including regulatory controls, technology
transfer processes and ethical issues. Each chapter is supplemented with
illustrated Power Point lectures and study questions in an easy to use CD
to aid the reader in self-paced instruction.

Edition details

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 185573737X
• ISBN 13: 9781855737372
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 296
• Editor: Hench L.