Biodegradable Polymer-Based Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering
This book addresses the principles, methods and applications of biodegradable polymer based scaffolds for bone tissue engineering. The general principle of bone tissue engineering is reviewed and the traditional and novel scaffolding materials, their prop
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Naznin Sultana
Biodegradable PolymerBased Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering
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Naznin Sultana Faculty of Biosciences and Medical Engineering Universiti Teknologi Malaysia UTM Skudai, Johor Malaysia
ISSN 2191-530X ISSN 2191-5318 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-642-34801-3 ISBN 978-3-642-34802-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-34802-0 Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London
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Preface
In order to overcome the problems of current transplantation therapy, tissue engineering emerged to provide an alternative solution. Being an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary field, tissue engineering aims to recreate tissues and organs which can provide biologically similar functions. Scaffolds play a pivotal role in tissue engineering. Scaffolds function as temporary extracellular matrices for cell accommodation, proliferation, and differentiation. They serve as three- dimensional templates for neotissue formation. This book is anticipated to address the principles, methods, and applications of biodegradable polymer-based scaffolds for bone tissue engineering. The general principle of bone tiss
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