Cell & Tissue Engineering

What is Tissue Engineering?

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•Tissue engineering (Regenerative medicine) is the use of combination of cells, engineering and materials methods, and suitable biochemical and physio-chemical factors to improve or replace biological functions.

•Three essential components for tissue engineering are cellular components, growth and differentiation factors, and a scaffold or matrix.

(matrix)

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Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation

http://biomed.brown.edu/Courses/BI108/BI108_2004_Groups/Group01/crC.htm

Intervertebral disc Regeneration

Encapsulated Pancreatic Islets

Research Topics at BMEChulaResearch Topics at BMEChula• Skin Tissue Engineering • Tissue Engineering for develop bone substitute • Cartilage Tissue Engineering from the stem cells• Drug Delivery System of growth factor for Peripheral Nerve

Repair • Extract, Modify, Develop Medical Materials from the

Natural Resources such as Collagen, Chitosan • Development of bioreactor for reproduce stem cells