BioMEMS and biomedical nanotechnology ; Vol. III : Therapeutic Micro/Nanotechnology
- Author
- Mauro Ferrari, Tejal Desai, Sangeeta Bhatia
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer
- Language
- English
- Document Type
- Book
- Faculty / Subject Heading
- Engineering
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The human body is composed of structures organized in a hierarchical fashion: from biomolecules assembled into polymers, to multimeric assemblies such as cellular or-ganelles, to individual cells, to tissues, to organ systems working together in health and disease- each dominated by a characteristic length scale. Decades of science and engineer-ing are now converging to provide tools that enable the orderly manipulation of biological systems at previously inaccessible, though critically important, length scales (<100 mi-crons). Thus, the approaches described in this volume provide a snapshot of how micro-and nanotechnologies can enable the investigation, prevention, and treatment of human disease.The volume is divided into three parts. The first part, Cell-based therapeutics; cov- ers the merger of cells with micro- and anosystems for applications in regenerative medicine spanning the development of novel nanobiomaterials.
Keywords: Engineering / Tissue Engineering / Biomedical engineering / Biomedical microdevices / Biotechnology / Cell biology / Cells / Nanotechnology / Surgery / Tissue
