Skin Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

The skin is the largest human organ system. Loss of skin integrity due to injury or illness results in a substantial physiologic imbalance and ultimately in severe disability or death. From burn victims to surgical scars and plastic surgery, the therapies resulting from skin tissue engineering and regenerative medicine are important to a broad spectrum of patients.  This title provides a translational link for biomedical researchers across fields to understand the inter-disciplinary approaches which expanded available therapies for patients and additional research collaboration. This work expands on the primary literature on the state of the art of cell therapies and biomaterials to review the most widely used surgical therapies for the specific clinical scenarios. . Explores cellular and molecular processes of wound healing and dermal repair . Includes examples of animal models for wound healing. Presents the current state and opportunities for natural biomaterials, synthetic biomaterials, biological skin substitutes, and adult and fetal skin cells for skin regenerative therapies INDICE: 1. Skin anatomy and wounds2. Introduction to skin tissue engineering and regenerative medicine3. Molecular biology of wound healing4. Wound healing and scar formations5. Animal models for wound healing6. Acellular Dermis Matrix7. Acellular extracellular matrix (ECM)8. Natural biomaterials for skin tissue engineering9. Synthetic biomaterials for skin tissue engineering10. Biological skin substitutes11. Adult and fetal (nenonatal) stem cells for skin tissue engineering12. New advances in skin tissue engineering13. FDA general regulation of skin substitutes

• ISBN: 978-0-12-801654-1
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 352
• Fecha Publicación: 14/03/2016
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés