Advanced Tissue Engineering

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Explores advanced topics in the scientific field of tissue engineering, a discipline of biomedical engineering that uses a combination of living cells, biomaterials, and biomechanical and biochemical stimuli to restore or replace damaged or diseased biological tissues. Covers advanced topics in foundational sciences as applicable to the engineering of living tissues. Students select applications of tissue engineering, review recent academic research as reported in the scientific literature, and present their findings to the class. Example tissue applications to be covered include: skin, blood vessels, nervous tissue, heart tissue, heart valves, tendons, ligaments, bone, muscle, pancreas, bladder and whole organs.