Tissue Engineering
Introduction
Summary of TE
- Biomaterials designed to direct organization, growth, differentiation of cells to ultimately form functional tissue
- Cells must proliferate, differentiate, be correct source
- Biomolecules growth factors, differentiation factors, angiogenic factors, enzymes
- Engineering design 2-d cell expansion, 3-d cell expansion, 3-d tissue growth, bioreactors, vascularization
- Biomechanics properties of the native tissue, identify minimum mechanical properties required