White adipose tissue (WAT) is perhaps the most plastic organ in the body, capable of
regeneration following surgical removal and massive expansion or contraction in response …

Cell-based therapies are a promising alternative to grafts and organ transplantation for
treating tissue loss or damage due to trauma, malfunction, or disease. Over the past two …

Early explorations of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine concepts commonly
utilized simple polyesters such as polyglycolide, polylactide, and their copolymers as …

With adipose-derived stem cells (ASCs) at the forefront of research and potential clinical
applications, it is important that clinicians be able to distinguish them from the fat grafting …

Current clinical strategies for bladder reconstruction or substitution are associated to serious
problems. Therefore, new alternative approaches are becoming more and more necessary …

Current strategies for engineering bladder tissues include a bladder biopsy for in vitro cell
expansion for use in reconstructive procedures. However, this approach cannot be used in …

Urinary tract is subjected to many varieties of pathologies since birth including congenital
anomalies, trauma, inflammatory lesions, and malignancy. These diseases necessitate the …

Bladder regeneration studies have yielded inconclusive results possibly due to the use of
unfavorable cells and primitive scaffold design. We hypothesized that human mesenchymal …

The urinary bladder is a complex organ with the primary functions of storing urine under low
and stable pressure and micturition. Many clinical conditions can cause poor bladder …

Engineered bladder tissues, created with autologous bladder cells seeded on
biodegradable scaffolds, are being developed for use in patients who need cystoplasty …