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Author:   Rui L. Reis
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Weight:   3.190kg
ISBN:  

9780128136997

ISBN 10:   0128136995
Pages:   1418
Publication Date:   03 June 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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1. Overarching concepts in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine 2. Stem cells of various kinds: provenance, classification and useful properties. (ESC, iPSC, tissue specific epithelia, mesenchymal, cord blood, etc.) 3. Stem cell niches in various tissues 4. Harnessing stem cells for tissue regeneration 5. Tissue engineering as a surgical discipline 6. Approaches to tissue engineering: matrix choices, organ decellularization 7. Creating artificial tissue niches for tissue engineering creating stem cell niches, bioreactors 8. Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine approaches and applications in various tissues: Brain, bone and joint, eye, gut, heart, kidney, lung, liver, muscle, pancreas, skin, tendon 9. Regulatory pathways and barriers to implementation of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine 10. The value proposition for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine: how to get the job done

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Dr. Rui Reis is Vice-President for Research and Innovation of University of Minho, Portugal, Director of 3B’s Research Group and Director of ICVS/3B´s Associate Laboratory, both of UMinho. He’s the CEO of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, the Coordinator of the Discoveries Centre for Regenerative and Precision Medicine, the Global Past-President of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society and the Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine. He’s edited 18 books, 10 special issue journals, 280 book chapters and has more than 1225 published works listed on ISI Web of Knowledge, being an inventor of around 70 patents. He’s been awarded many important international prizes, including the TERMIS-EU contributions to the literature Award and the TERMIS-EU Career Achievement Award, and recently the UNESCO- International Life Sciences Award and the IET A. F. Harvey Engineering Research Prize.

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