Fundamentals of Tissue Engineering. 3 credits, 3 contact hours

Catalog description

Prerequisites: BME 302 and MATH 222 and ( BME 303 or R120 201 and R120 202 or BIOL 201 and BIOL 202 ), and ( MTSE 301 or MTEN 201 ). This course is an introduction to the field of tissue engineering as a therapeutic approach to treating damaged or diseased tissues in the biotechnology industry. In essence, new and functional living tissue can be fabricated by delivering cells, scaffolds, DNA, proteins, and/or protein fragments at surgery. This course will cover the advances in the fields of cell biology, molecular biology, material science and their relationship towards developing novel "tissue engineered" therapies.