Regenerative medicine

This book reports on fundamental research, cutting-edge technologies and industrially-relevant applications in biomedical engineering.

This book presents the tunable biological characteristics of nanobioceramics and focuses on some challenges in bone tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.

This book provides the first comprehensive account of multilineage-differentiating stress-enduring (Muse) cells, a pluripotent and non-tumorigenic subpopulation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) that have the ability to detect damage signals, migrate to damaged sites, and spontaneously differentiate into cells compatible with the affected tissue, thereby enabling repair of all tissue types.

This book outlines the production of chitooligossacharides and their derivatives and discusses their main biological activities, biomedical applications and their role in disease prevention.

The book covers the latest updates in the application of infrared to biomedical sciences, a non-invasive, contactless, safe and easy approach imaging of skin and tissue temperatures.

This Volume of the series Cardiac and Vascular Biology offers a comprehensive and exciting, state-of-the-art work on the current options and potentials of cardiac regeneration and repair.

The book focuses on the emerging anti-aging approaches for maintaining better health in old age.

This book covers the clinical application of nano-bio-materials in hard tissue repair and regeneration which are materials designed to interact with biological systems to restore and regenerate damaged tissues.

This contributed volume reviews the latest advances on relevant 3D tissue engineered in vitro models of disease making use of biomaterials and microfluidics.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of cartilage structure, functions, and approaches for the regeneration of cartilage tissue.

The book covers the latest updates in the application of infrared to biomedical sciences, a non-invasive, contactless, safe and easy approach imaging of skin and tissue temperatures.

This Brief focuses on the cancer therapy available till date, from conventional drug delivery to nanomedicine in clinical trial.

This book introduces readers to the theory and practice of extrusion bio-printing of scaffolds for tissue engineering applications.

This volume deals with the various fabrication techniques, surface functionalization and biomedical applications of polymeric fibers possessing different scale and structure.

Brain organoids are small stem cell-derived, self-organizing models of specific brain regions that offer researchers new ways to study the human brain.

Cells in the developing embryo depend on signals from the extracellular environment to help guide their differentiation.

This book discusses the aging voice, one of the interesting issues related to aging.

This multidisciplinary book provides up-to-date information on clinical approaches that combine stem or progenitor cells, biomaterials and scaffolds, growth factors, and other bioactive agents in order to offer improved treatment of urologic disorders including lower urinary tract dysfunction, urinary incontinence, neurogenic bladder, and erectile dysfunction.

Soft tissue simulants, essential for automotive and ballistic testing, medical, and surgical training, have traditionally relied on cadavers and animal tissues.

This book outlines the latest research on the design and fabrication of the biomaterials used in mimicked scaffolds for tissue engineering for maxillofacial and orthopedic applications.

This book offers comprehensive information on the new and rapidly evolving science of identifying and targeting senescent cells, and on the exciting prospect of new diagnostic and therapeutic opportunities for stopping, and even reversing, the progression of disease and the deterioration of the human body due to ageing.

This second edition maintains a focus on integrated biomaterials, computer-aided design, and physical prototyping techniques as examples of the materials and applications that are found in medical environments.

This invaluable resource discusses the current revolution in stem cell-based drugs and their potential use in clinical applications.

This book offers a timely snapshot of computational methods applied to the study of bone tissue.

This book illustrates the significance of nanotechnology in the delivery of anticancer and antimicrobial drugs, biomimetic technologies, tissue engineering, sensing, diagnostics, and artificial enzymes.

This book provides a thorough, up-to-date description of the scientific basis and concepts of tissue engineering in the oral and maxillofacial region.

The book explains the use of natural products as scaffolds in tissue engineering.

Readers will discover the relatively new and rapidly growing field of regenerative surgery and fat grafting, valuable for numerous plastic surgery, reconstructive, and aesthetic/cosmetic essentials.

Musculoskeletal tissues are hard to heal if damaged by disease or trauma.

With the arise of chronic, age and lifestyle-related illnesses, overwhelming stress, toxins and pollution, the society began to value more aspects of personal health than mere physical symptoms - the balance and harmony of mind, spirit and body.

This volume explores the quickly evolving field of Purinergic signaling, and examines how receptors for ATP and other nucleotides, and receptors for adenosine, act in neuronal transmission, control of synaptic activity, proliferation, differentiation and cell death regulation in the CNS.

This book embarks on an enlightening journey through the molecular landscape of collagen mimic peptides, shedding light on their significance and potential.

This book presents regenerative strategies for the treatment of knee joint disabilities.

This volume provides a state-of-art-report on the new methodologies in tissue engineering and developments in the biomaterials field based on the extracellular matrix-relevant discovery.

This book examines the interactions of nanomaterials with the biological system.

This book examines the basic cellular and molecular mechanisms associated with aging.

This book explores in depth the latest enabling technologies for regenerative medicine.

This invaluable resource discusses clinical applications with effects and side-effects of applications of stem cells in bone and cartilage regeneration.

This handbook reviews the clinical applications of stem cell-based therapy.

This book provides the first comprehensive account of multilineage-differentiating stress-enduring (Muse) cells, a pluripotent and non-tumorigenic subpopulation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) that have the ability to detect damage signals, migrate to damaged sites, and spontaneously differentiate into cells compatible with the affected tissue, thereby enabling repair of all tissue types.

Designing Successful Products with Plastics: Fundamentals of Plastic Part Design 2e provides expert insight into design considerations required to bring a concept product or part through design and ready-for-production.

This detailed volume presents an updated collection of state-of-the-art protocols in cardiac tissue engineering.

This contributed volume covers all fundamental principles for researchers and professionals interested in the field of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, an interdisciplinary field of research with contributions from biomedical scientists, engineers, and physicians.

This book gives a comprehensive overview of the rapidly evolving field of three-dimensional (3D) printing, and its increasing applications in the biomedical domain.

This book will consist of 8 chapters, in which important issues regarding decellularized materials (DMs) will be discussed.

This book examines the position of children who provide tissue to potentially save the life of another.

Stress is one of the most commonly reported precipitants of drug use and is considered the number one cause of relapse to drug abuse.

This book is designed as a comprehensive and up-to-date instructional guide to the strategies employed for regeneration of the maxillomandibular region, with emphasis on allogeneic and tissue engineering principles.

This book examines the position of children who provide tissue to potentially save the life of another.

This volume details different laboratory techniques used to develop regenerative therapies that help treat corneal blindness.