Polymer scaffolds constitute a very interesting strategy for tissue engineering. Even though
they are generally non-toxic, in some cases, they may not provide suitable support for cell …

Nowadays, tissue and organ failures resulted from injury, aging accounts, diseases or other
type of damages is one of the most important health problems with an increasing incidence …

Current strategies of regenerative medicine are focused on the restoration of pathologically
altered tissue architectures by transplantation of cells in combination with supportive …

Tissue engineering (TE) and regenerative medicine integrate information and technology
from various fields to restore/replace tissues and damaged organs for medical treatments …

Typical applications and research areas of polymeric biomaterials include tissue
replacement, tissue augmentation, tissue support, and drug delivery. In many cases the …

The tissue engineering scaffold acts as an extracellular matrix that interacts to the cells prior
to forming new tissues. The chemical and structural characteristics of scaffolds are major …

This body of work represents the first volume of a book series covering the field of tissue
engineering. Tissue engineering, which refers to a category of therapeutic or diagnostic …

The present paper intends to overview a wide range of natural–origin polymers with special
focus on proteins and polysaccharides (the systems more inspired on the extracellular …

Peptides and Proteins as Biomaterials for Tissue Regeneration and Repair highlights the
various important considerations that go into biomaterial development, both in terms of …

Tissue engineering is an interdisciplinary field aimed at the development of biological
substitutes that restore, maintain, or improve tissue function [1]. A highly porous …