Tissue Engineering

Catalog description

Principles and practices of bioartificial organ and tissue development; cellular/material interaction and translation of information from two-dimensional surfaces to three- dimensional scaffolds; selection and processing of bio- materials to form tissue scaffolds; analysis of tissue engineered devices, standards, and regulation. Topics include: material selection and processing, mechanisms and kinetics of material degradation, cell-material interaction and interfaces, effect of construct architecture on tissue growth, and transport through engineered tissues. Examples of engineering tissues for replacing cartilage, bone, tendons, ligaments, skin and liver will be presented.