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Polymers for Regenerative Medicine

Publication year: 2006

ISBN: 978-3-540-33356-2

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A well-established strategy of tissue engineering concerns the use of biode-gradable polymers for the generation of cell scaffolds. Among those, naturalpolyesters from the group of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) have emerged asparticularly promising materials for various applications. Thomas Freier com-prehensively describes the characteristics of promising biopolyesters, togetherwith strategies that can be used to adjust the material properties to the clinicalrequirements and presents examples of potential applications.Biopolymers of the extracellular matrix (ECM) mark the other edge ofthe spectrum of the currently used materials. Artificial matrices based onbiopolymers isolated from nature were successfully utilized to prepare a varietyof bioactive materials capable of supporting desired cell fate transitions toenhance the integration and performance of engineered tissues.


Subject: Chemistry and Materials Science, Biomaterial, Biomedical Engineering, Medicinal Chemistry, Polyester, Polymers, Regenerative Medicine, Tissue Engineering, polymer, tissue