Objective To review the basic scientific status of repair in articular cartilage tissue and to
assess the efficiency of current clinical therapies instigated for the treatment of structural …

Aliphatic polyesters prepared by ring-opening polymerization of lactones are now used
worldwide as bioresorbabale devices in surgery (orthopaedic devices, sutures, stents, tissue …

Ex vivo engineering of living tissues is a rapidly developing area with the potential to impact
significantly on a wide-range of biomedical applications. Major obstacles to the generation …

Joint pain due to cartilage degeneration is a serious problem, affecting people of all ages.
Although many techniques, often surgical, are currently employed to treat this affliction, none …

Biodegradable scaffolds have played an important role in a number of tissue engineering
attempts over the past decade. The goal of this review article is to provide a brief overview of …

Emerging medical technologies for effective and lasting repair of articular cartilage include
delivery of cells or cell-seeded scaffolds to a defect site to initiate de novo tissue …

Cartilage tissue engineering is emerging as a technique for the regeneration of cartilage
tissue damaged due to disease or trauma. Since cartilage lacks regenerative capabilities, it …

Articular cartilage repair and regeneration continue to be largely intractable because of the
poor regenerative properties of this tissue. The field of articular cartilage tissue engineering …

Due to its avascular nature, articular cartilage exhibits a very limited capacity to regenerate
and to repair. Although much of the tissue-engineered cartilage in existence has been …

Tissue engineering seeks to repair or regenerate tissues through combinations of implanted
cells, biomaterial scaffolds and biologically active molecules. The rapid restoration of tissue …