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Summary
Summary
This volume summarizes recent developments in the use of new materials and technologies in healthcare. The emphasis is on new approaches that incorporate bioactive materials and scaffolds with cells in the emerging technologies of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. The incorporation of nanotechnology, stem cells, and gene control of cells is included in the current research discussed. Clinical applications are described throughout the volume, along with economic and bioethics issues. The chapters are organized into four sections of clinical needs and an overview that summarizes the technologies that provide new approaches to clinical problems. The clinical areas addressed are Skeletal and Skin Repair, Heart and Cardiovascular Repair, Neuronal Repair, and Sensory Repair. The chapters were written by a multidisciplinary group of authors from six universities: the University of Arizona (US), the University of Central Florida (US), Imperial College London (UK), King's College, Guy's Hospital, University of London (UK), University of Florida (US) and Kyoto University (Japan). This book can be used as a reference book or as a textbook for advanced undergraduate or graduate courses in bioengineering, biomaterials or healthcare management.Watch the video interview with Professor Larry Hench and Dr Julian Jones introducing .
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 21st Century Challenges for Biomaterials | p. 1 |
Chapter 2 Stem Cell Technology: Hope or Hype? | p. 11 |
Chapter 3 Bioactive Materials for Gene Control | p. 25 |
Chapter 4 Nanoparticles for Novel Healthcare Therapeutics | p. 49 |
Chapter 5 Glass Microspheres for Cancer Treatment | p. 57 |
Chapter 6 Bioactive Glasses and Angiogenesis | p. 65 |
Chapter 7 Clinical Applications of Bioactive Glasses for Maxillo-Facial Repair | p. 77 |
Chapter 8 Clinical Applications of Bioactive Glass-Ceramics | p. 97 |
Chapter 9 Hierarchical Porous Scaffolds for Bone Regeneration | p. 107 |
Chapter 10 Cartilage Regeneration | p. 131 |
Chapter 11 Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering of Articular Cartilage | p. 147 |
Chapter 12 Total Knee Replacements | p. 167 |
Chapter 13 Total Hip Replacement | p. 179 |
Chapter 14 Bioactive Surfaces for Total Hip Prostheses | p. 193 |
Chapter 15 Artificial Skin and Wound Dressings | p. 201 |
Chapter 16 Degenerative Disc Disease in the Lumbar Spine | p. 227 |
Chapter 17 Shoulder Repair | p. 243 |
Chapter 18 Drug-Eluting Stents: Worth the Risk? | p. 259 |
Chapter 19 Treating Aortic Aneurysms | p. 277 |
Chapter 20 Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: Treatment and Repair | p. 291 |
Chapter 21 Heart Valve Stenosis and Surgical Repair: Present and Future | p. 305 |
Chapter 22 Prosthetic Vascular Grafts for Treatment of Peripheral Arterial Disease | p. 321 |
Chapter 23 Small-Diameter Vascular Grafts | p. 337 |
Chapter 24 Spinal Cord Repair: Current Methods and Limitations | p. 351 |
Chapter 25 Spinal Cord Repair for Paraplegics | p. 367 |
Chapter 26 Brain-Machine Interfaces | p. 383 |
Chapter 27 Stem Cell Research for Treatment of Parkinson's Disease | p. 403 |
Chapter 28 Tissue Engineering for Corneal Regeneration | p. 409 |
Chapter 29 Development of Lasik: Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis | p. 429 |
Chapter 30 Hearing Devices: Experiencing a World of Sound | p. 443 |
Chapter 31 Glass-Ceramic Dental Restorations | p. 457 |
Chapter 32 Pain-Desensitizing Dental Materials | p. 469 |
Chapter 33 Ethical Considerations in Biomaterials Research and Development | p. 483 |
Chapter 34 The Ending | p. 493 |
Index | p. 501 |