TISSUE ENGINEERING FOR SKIN AND CARTILAGE REGENERATION: AN OVERVIEW

摘要

Tissue engineering is a multidisciplinary field that enlists the knowledge and experience of scientists involved with material science, biomedical engineering, cell and molecular biology and biochemistry to produce constructs that can replace ill-functioning or missing tissues or organs. These constructs can be composed of biomaterials which, when implanted into the living host, will evoke a cellular response that results in the building of a structure that has the biochemical and structural properties to carry out the required physiological function.