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Polymer Foams for Tissue Engineering Scaffolds
Abstract
Organ and tissue transplantation face a significant supply–demand gap. Tissue engineering offers a feasible alternative candidate for tissue repair. In a typical tissue engineering process, biocompatible porous scaffolds are incorporated with autologous cells and growth factors, followed by implantation into the damaged target tissue to assist and accelerate the repair and regeneration of the original tissue. The porous scaffold is a key element in tissue engineering, which requires high porosity, high pore connectivity, biocompatibility, biodegradability, bioactivity, and controllable mechanical property, etc. Various tissue scaffolds have been used in the repair of different tissues, such as bone, cartilage, skin, vascular, and neural tissues. The basic requirements and mechanism, desired structure and properties, characterization methods, fabrication techniques, and applications of tissue engineering scaffolds will be covered in this chapter.
Polymer Foams for Tissue Engineering Scaffolds
Abstract
Organ and tissue transplantation face a significant supply–demand gap. Tissue engineering offers a feasible alternative candidate for tissue repair. In a typical tissue engineering process, biocompatible porous scaffolds are incorporated with autologous cells and growth factors, followed by implantation into the damaged target tissue to assist and accelerate the repair and regeneration of the original tissue. The porous scaffold is a key element in tissue engineering, which requires high porosity, high pore connectivity, biocompatibility, biodegradability, bioactivity, and controllable mechanical property, etc. Various tissue scaffolds have been used in the repair of different tissues, such as bone, cartilage, skin, vascular, and neural tissues. The basic requirements and mechanism, desired structure and properties, characterization methods, fabrication techniques, and applications of tissue engineering scaffolds will be covered in this chapter.
Polymer Foams for Tissue Engineering Scaffolds
Mi, Haoyang (author)
Functional Polymer Foams ; 217-244
2025-02-18
28 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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