Main description:

Tissue Engineering: A Primer with Laboratory Demonstrations concisely covers the fundamental basics of tissue engineering. A series of simple, low-cost, and easy-to-implement laboratory modules are included in each chapter, along with experimental results with actual images and data, and a set of questions and discussion topics for each laboratory exercise. The textbook is appropriate for upper-undergraduate and graduate-level courses in cell and tissue engineering. The inclusion of images and data for all laboratory exercises also makes the book a valuable tool for scientists and engineers to learn the concepts in a hands-on and visual manner and lay a foundation to build their experiments towards their research and commercial development.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Cell Culture.- Chapter 3. Cell Metabolism.- Chapter 4. Cell Imaging.- Chapter 5. Stem Cells.- Chapter 6. Biomaterial Surfaces.- Chapter 7. Focal Adhesion.- Chapter 8. Contact Guidance and Cell Patterning.- Chapter 9. 3D Scaffold Fabrication.- Chapter 10. Design of In Vitro Culture and Bioreactor.- Chapter 11. Organ-on-a-Chip.- Chapter 12. Tissue-Engineered Skin Transplant.- Chapter 13. Vascularization of Tissue Transplants.- Chapter 14. Advances Topics.