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4 Tissue engineering and regenerative therapies

Adult tissue resident or somatic stem cells

Adult tissue resident or somatic stem cells Stem cells resident in the di ff erent tissues and org...

CELLS

CELLS Although both fully di ff erentiated cells (somatic cells) and stem cells are being used and...

Embryonic stem cells

Embryonic stem cells In the embryo, stem cells are able to give rise to all of the di ff er ent c...

Exemplars cells as a therapy

Exemplars: cells as a therapy as The delivery of cells into damaged tissues has long been used t...

Exemplars materials in development

Exemplars: materials in development Synthetic and engineered polymers Synthetic polymers are thos...

Exemplars molecules in action

Exemplars: molecules in action Healing skin without scarring All tissues in the body , when damag...

FURTHER READING

FURTHER READING 16 : Fisher S. Handbook of regenerative medicine and tissue engineering . New Y ...

In vitro differentiation of stem cells to speciali

In vitro differentiation of stem cells to specialised tissue cells There is an enormous research ...

In vitro differentiation of stem cells to specialised tissue cells

In vitro differentiation of stem cells to specialised tissue cells There is an enormous research ...

Induced pluripotent stem cells

Induced pluripotent stem cells 10 The discovery in 2006 by Shinya Yamanaka, building on the 11 ea...

Introduction

INTRODUCTION Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine are relatively new but rapidly expandin...

KEY AREAS OF UNDERPINNING SCIENCE

KEY AREAS OF UNDERPINNING SCIENCE Advances in tissue engineering and more broadly regenera tive m...

Learning objectives

Learning objectives To understand: The potential opportunities afforded by tissue engineering • a...

MATERIALS

MATERIALS A large number of materials have been used in tissue engineer ing and regenerative med...

MOLECULES

MOLECULES Modification of the tissue environment during healing can be achieved by the delivery of...

OPPORTUNITIES

OPPORTUNITIES The potential impact of tissue engineering and regenerative therapies is so far-re...

REFERENCES

REFERENCES 1 Friedenstein AJ, Piatetzky-Shapiro II, Petrakova KV . Osteogenesis in transplants of...

SAFETY CONCERNS

SAFETY CONCERNS β 3 was The major safety concerns of cell-based therapy and tissue β 3 engineeri...

Somatic cells

Somatic cells Fully di ff erentiated specialised cells (somatic cells) obtained from normal tissu...

Stem cells

Stem cells Stem cells are undi ff erentiated or non-specialised cells that are able, through cell ...