Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering

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Biomaterials Advantages Disadvantages Biodegradable synthetic polymers Easy to process Less biological properties than natural polymers Controlled biodegradation rate Degrade to form by-products Controlled surface characteristics Hydrophobic nature Tunable mechanical properties …

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3D Bioprinting for Tissue Engineering

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Fig. 5.1 The classical tissue engineering approach Recently, bioprinting has emerged as a technology within tissue engineering; it is a two-dimensional (2D) or three-dimensional (3D) fabrication method that uses living…

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Cell Technologies

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Fig. 3.1 Amniotic stem cells Fig. 3.2 Differentiation potency of amniotic fluid stem cells into muscle, neuron, endothelium, bone, fat, and chondrocyte The stem cells are usually extracted from the…

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Bladder

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Fig. 8.1 Field emission scanning electron microscopy images of cell morphology on a 3 wt% BSM composite scaffold. For the analyses, upper urinary tract-derived urine stem cells were used. The BSM…

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Urethra

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Fig. 9.1 Matrices and cells used for tissue-engineered urethral reconstruction 9.2.3.1 Acellular Matrices Utilized in Animal Models Kropp et al. suggested using SIS as an acellular urethroplasty matrix [60]. In…

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Kidney

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Fig. 7.1 Schematic representation of the current major strategies for kidney regeneration 7.2 Mechanisms of Kidney Regeneration 7.2.1 Cells Involved in Kidney Repair Various types of cells are considered to…

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Decellularization

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Fig. 6.1 Schematic diagram of the liver regeneration hypothesis using decellularized scaffolds. (a) Partial resection of one hepatic lobule is performed. (b) The defective part is replaced with decellularized liver…

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Penis and Testis

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Tissue Material Target Authors Years Penile prosthesis Cartilage Chondrocytes Athymic mice Yoo JJ et al. 1998 Cartilage Autologous cartilage cells Rabbit Yoo JJ et al. 1999 Cartilage Chondrocytes from human…

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