Biopolymer Methods in Tissue Engineering - Hollander, Anthony P.; Hatton, Paul V.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana, 2004)
Processing of Resorbable Poly-?-Hydroxy Acids for Use as Tissue-Engineering Scaffolds -- Fibrin Microbeads (FMB) As Biodegradable Carriers for Culturing Cells and for Accelerating Wound Healing -- Synthesis and Characterization of Hyaluronan-Based Polymers for Tissue Engineering -- Synthesis and Characterization of Chitosan Scaffolds for Cartilage-Tissue Engineering -- Characterization of a Calcium Phosphate-Based Matrix for rhBMP-2 -- Methodologies for Processing Biodegradable and Natural Origin Scaffolds for Bone and Cartilage Tissue-Engineering Applications -- Alginates in Tissue Engineering -- Production and Surface Modification of Polylactide-Based Polymeric Scaffolds for Soft-Tissue Engineering -- Modification of Materials With Bioactive Peptides -- Isolation and Osteogenic Differentiation of Bone-Marrow Progenitor Cells for Application in Tissue Engineering -- Cell Seeding of Polymer Scaffolds -- Chondrocyte Isolation, Expansion, and Culture on Polymer Scaffolds -- Bioreactor Culture Techniques for Cartilage-Tissue Engineering -- Microscopic Methods for the Analysis of Engineered Tissues -- Transmission Electron Microscopy of Tissue-Polymer Constructs -- Application of Microscopic Methods for the Detection of Cell Attachment to Polymers -- Biochemical Methods for the Analysis of Tissue-Engineered Cartilage -- Real-Time Quantitative RT-PCR Assays -- Mechanical Testing of Cell-Material Constructs: A Review.
Keywords: Biomaterials; Biomaterials