Tissue Engineering, Stem Cells, and Gene Therapies - Proceedings of BIOMED 2002-The 9th International Symposium on Biomedical Science and Technology, held September 19-22, 2002, in Antalya, Turkey (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003)

In recent years cell-based technologies have gained significant scientific attention, and have become a matter of intense public debate as well. Namely, (i) tissue engineering, the construction of tissues and whole organs using molecularly-designed resorbable biomaterials to create new tissue de novo with or without transplanting cells; (ii) the potential use of human embryonic stem cells for transplantation and regenerative medicine (with similar potential for adult-derived stem cells); (iii) and gene therapy, in relation with cell transplantation, have taken their places as the most discussed biomedical issues of the day. New findings in biomimetic materials, cell signalling pathways, extracellular matrix receptors and ligands, growth factors, and the human genome project are motivating the developments in these challenging research areas. This book includes manuscripts on tissue engineering, stem cells and gene therapies authored by world-renowned scientists of the field. The first section of the volume consists of four chapters giving perspectives for the current status and potential future of tissue engineering and stem cell technologies. The second section of the volume includes five chapters based on experimental and clinical data. In this section, the role of stem cells in liver tissue engineering, cell-based therapies in diabetes mellitus, and chronic degenerative diseases of the central nervous system, and adult-derived stem cell therapies are discussed. The two chapters of the third section focus on the biomarkers for tissue-engineered products, namely for tissue-engineered skin. The eight chapters of the fourth section discuss novel biomaterials developed for neural-, vascular-, aortic-, bone-, cartilage- and endocrine pancreas-tissue engineering applications. The last section of the book includes chapters on practical gene targeting applications, controlled release in gene therapy and tissue engineering, antibodies in cancer, acute-phase genes and phage-displayed peptide libraries. Proceedings of BIOMED 2002 The 9th International Symposium on Biomedical Science and Technology, held September 19-22, 2002, in Antalya, Turkey.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 534
Release date:	September 2012
First published:	2003
Editors:	Y. Murat Elcin
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	340
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
ISBN-13:	978-1-4613-4907-5
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Surgery > Transplant surgery Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Pharmacy / dispensing Books > Medicine > General issues > Medical equipment & techniques > Medical research Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Medical imaging > Radiology Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Biomedical engineering > General
LSN:	1-4613-4907-9
Barcode:	9781461349075

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!