Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Abstract The most powerful treatment to cure diseases may be medication, that is, drug administration to the patients. However, drugs are no more effective when large part of a tissue has been severely damaged or an organ has irreversibly lost its function. In these cases, either artificial organ or organ transplantation is at present the first choice for reconstruction of the defective or lost organ. Unfortunately, these therapeutic methods are not always effective, but have several problems that are difficult to solve. For instance, the number of organ donors is quite smaller than that of the patients waiting for the organ to be transplanted. Complications of immuno-suppresive agents are also trouble for the organ recipients. Also, current artificial organs are required to improve the poor biocompatibility and the insufficient ability to replace defective organs.
Abstract The most powerful treatment to cure diseases may be medication, that is, drug administration to the patients. However, drugs are no more effective when large part of a tissue has been severely damaged or an organ has irreversibly lost its function. In these cases, either artificial organ or organ transplantation is at present the first choice for reconstruction of the defective or lost organ. Unfortunately, these therapeutic methods are not always effective, but have several problems that are difficult to solve. For instance, the number of organ donors is quite smaller than that of the patients waiting for the organ to be transplanted. Complications of immuno-suppresive agents are also trouble for the organ recipients. Also, current artificial organs are required to improve the poor biocompatibility and the insufficient ability to replace defective organs.
Biodegradable Polymers as Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering and as Tissue Regeneration Inducers
Ikada, Y. (Autor:in)
01.01.2002
14 pages
Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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