Overview on Vascular Tissue Engineering: Progress and Challenges

CME Tissue Engineering: Progress and Challenges

Tissue engineering is the interdisciplinary field of principles of engineering and life sciences. Most of the financial support for this field originates in the private sector, creating a relative economic handicap. Despite initial enthusiasm for the field, limited products for clinical use have been developed. This article evaluates the current progress in the field of tissue engineeering, the...

Hydrogel scaffolds for tissue engineering: Progress and challenges

Designing of biologically active scaffolds with optimal characteristics is one of the key factors for successful tissue engineering. Recently, hydrogels have received a considerable interest as leading candidates for engineered tissue scaffolds due to their unique compositional and structural similarities to the natural extracellular matrix, in addition to their desirable framework for cellular...

Tendon tissue engineering: progress, challenges, and translation to the clinic.

The tissue engineering field has made great strides in understanding how different aspects of tissue engineered constructs (TECs) and the culture process affect final tendon repair. However, there remain significant challenges in developing strategies that will lead to a clinically effective and commercially successful product. In an effort to increase repair quality, a better understanding of ...

Bioactive Glass in Tissue Engineering: Progress and Challenges

Fiber-based tissue engineering: Progress, challenges, and opportunities.

Tissue engineering aims to improve the function of diseased or damaged organs by creating biological substitutes. To fabricate a functional tissue, the engineered construct should mimic the physiological environment including its structural, topographical, and mechanical properties. Moreover, the construct should facilitate nutrients and oxygen diffusion as well as removal of metabolic waste du...

Bioactive Glass in Tissue Engineering: Progress and Challenges

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com only osteoconductivity but also osteoinductivity, has attracted much interests in the field of bone tissue engineering but not only. Indeed, the typical silicate bioactive glasses demonstrated to bond to bone more efficiently than any other synthetic materials [1]. However, it was rapidly found that the highly disrupted silica network of bioactive g...