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Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 18e
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Chapter 69. Tissue Engineering
Sections: Introduction, Materials and Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering, Cells for Tissue Engineering, In Vitro Maturation of Engineered Tissues, Clinical Applications, Challenges Ahead, Further Readings.
Topics Discussed: tissue engineering.
Excerpt:"As medicine therapy advances, we can now realistically set goals for fully functional living replacement of nearly every diseased organ or tissue. In the past several decades, the limitations of nonliving mechanical solutions to organ and tissue dysfunction are now recognized and include dialysis, mechanical heart valves, metallic orthopedic implants, and nonresorbable hernia mesh. Tissue engineering has broad goals including organ development, the elimination of the waiting time for transplants such as the liver and kidney, the creation of living tissue replacements for soft tissue, bone, cartilage, fascia, and virtually every structure in the body...."
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