Tissue Engineering: Engineering Principles for the Design of Replacement Organs and Tissues

by W. Mark Saltzman

Book Overview

Tissue or organ transplantation are among the few options available for patients with excessive skin loss, heart or liver failure, and many common ailments, and the demand for replacement tissue greatly exceeds the supply, even before one considers the serious constraints of immunological tissue type matching to avoid immune rejection. Tissue engineering promises to help sidestep constraints on availability and overcome the scientific challenges,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019514130X
• ISBN13: 9780195141306
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 2.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"