"This in-depth analysis has led to the recent publication of a uniquely comprehensive two volume book: 'The Handbook of Tissue Engineering Scaffolds' part one and part two. With 66 chapters, this book currently represents the largest published collection of tissue engineering scaffold research in the world." --University of Bradford / Business / News and Events
Part 1: An introduction to tissue engineering scaffolds 1. Introduction to tissue engineering scaffolds 2. The role of scaffolds in tissue engineering 3. Scaffolds mimicking the native structure of tissues 4. Computational design of tissue engineering scaffolds 5. Research progress of scaffold materials 6. Fabrication techniques of tissue engineering scaffolds 7. Scaffolds implanted: what is next? 8. Moving from clinical trials to clinical practice 9. Tissue engineering scaffolds: future perspectives
Part 2: Musculoskeletal tissue engineering scaffolds 10. Scaffold for bone tissue engineering 11. Scaffolds for cartilage tissue engineering 12. Scaffolds for skeletal muscle tissue engineering 13. Scaffolds for tendon tissue engineering 14. Scaffolds for ligament tissue engineering 15. Scaffolds for regeneration of meniscus lesions
Part 3: Craniomaxillofacial tissue engineering scaffolds 16. Scaffolds for mandibular reconstruction 17. Scaffolds suitable for maxillary sinus augmentation 18. Scaffolds for nasal reconstruction 19. Scaffolds for repair of orbital wall defects 20. Scaffolds for cleft lip and cleft palate reconstruction 21. Scaffolds for temporomandibular joint disc engineering
Part 4: Dental tissue engineering scaffolds 22. Scaffolds for regeneration of the pulp-dentine complex 23. Scaffolds for periodontal tissue engineering 24. Tissue-engineered alloplastic scaffold for reconstruction of alveolar defects 25. Scaffolds for gingival tissues 26. Scaffolds that promote enamel remineralization 27. Scaffolds for dental cementum 28. Scaffolds for engineering tooth-ligament interfaces
Part 5: Cardiaovascular tissue engineering scaffolds 29. Whole heart scaffolds - how to build a heart 30. Scaffolds for engineering heart valve 31. Scaffolds for blood vessel tissue engineering 32. Scaffolds for tissue engineering of functional cardiac muscle 33. Bioengineered cardiac patch scaffolds
Dr. Masoud Mozafari is a Fellow at Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Health Hospital, University of Toronto. He was previously Assistant Professor and Director of the Bioengineering Lab, at the Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Department, Materials and Energy Research Center, Cellular and Molecular Research Center, and Department of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine of the Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Tehran, Iran. Dr. Mozafari's research interests range across biomaterials, nanotechnology, and tissue engineering, and he is known for the development of strategies for the treatment of damaged tissues and organs, and controlling biological substances for targeted delivery into the human body. Dr. Mozafari has received several awards, including the Khwarizmi Award and the Julia Polak European Doctorate Award for outstanding translational research contributions to the field of biomaterials. He has also received the WIPO Medal for Inventors from The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), in recognition of his contributions to economic and technological development. Dr. Mozafari is currently working on the editorial board of several journals.
Dr Farshid Sefat is Associate Professor and Program Leader in Biomedical and Electronic Engineering Department at the University of Bradford and previously was head of the Biomedical Engineering Department at King Faisal University (Saudi Arabia) and also a Visiting Professor at Stevens Institute of Technology (New Jersey, USA). He completed his post doctorate research assistant at University of Sheffield (UK) in the area of cornea tissue engineering. His research is based on developing biomaterials to control cellular behavior with particular emphasis in developing engineered materials for various tissue engineering applications. He is an author on >100 peer-reviewed journal articles, editorials, and review papers and >30 book chapters/edited books. He is on the editorial boards and reviewer of >30 numerous journals including Materials Today, Acta Biomaterialia, IEEE, Bone, MDPI, Journal of Orthopaedics & Rheumatology, Materials Science and Engineering C, Journal of Biomechanics and many more.
Anthony Atala, MD, is the G. Link Professor and Director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, and the W. Boyce Professor and Chair of Urology. Dr. Atala is a practicing surgeon and a researcher in the area of regenerative medicine. Fifteen applications of technologies developed in Dr. Atala's laboratory have been used clinically. He is Editor of 25 books and 3 journals. Dr. Atala has published over 800 journal articles and has received over 250 national and international patents. Dr. Atala was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Sciences, to the National Academy of Inventors as a Charter Fellow, and to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.
Dr. Atala has led or served several national professional and government committees, including the National Institutes of Health working group on Cells and Developmental Biology, the National Institutes of Health Bioengineering Consortium, and the National Cancer Institute's Advisory Board. He is a founding member of the Tissue Engineering Society, Regenerative Medicine Foundation, Regenerative Medicine Manufacturing Innovation Consortium, Regenerative Medicine Development Organization, and Regenerative Medicine Manufacturing Society.