Polymers in Regenerative Medicine: Biomedical Applications from Nano– to Macro–Structures

With an interdisciplinary list of subjects and contributors, Polymers in Regenerative Medicine covers the broad range of medical applications for polymers, including scaffolds, self assembling materials, and different types of polymeric nanomedicines. The seasoned authors address fundamentals, theories, tools, techniques, types of polymeric systems and biomaterials and examine such hot topics as nanoconjugates, polymers for tissue repair, and electrospinning technique for tissue engineering. The book provides chemists, researchers, and scientists with an overview of the full therapeutic potential of novel polymeric systems that have only been possible through multidisciplinary research. INDICE: Preface Contributors Chapter 1 Polymers as materials for tissue engineering scaffolds Chapter 2 Natural–based and stimuli–responsive Polymers for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Chapter 3 Matrix protein interactions with synthetic surfaces Chapter 4 Focal adhesion kinase in cell–material interactions Chapter 5 Complex cell–materials microenvironments in bioreactors Chapter 6 Self–curing systems for regenerative medicine Chapter 7 Self–Assembling Peptides as Synthetic Extracellular Matrices Chapter 8 Polymer Therapeutics as Nano–sized Medicines for Tissue Regeneration and Repair Chapter 9 How regenerative medicine can benefit from nucleic acids delivery nanocarriers? Chapter 10 Functionalized Mesoporous Materials with gate–like scaffoldings for controlled delivery Chapter 11 Where are we going? Future trends and challenges

• ISBN: 978-0-470-59638-8
• Editorial: Wiley–Blackwell
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 416
• Fecha Publicación: 28/11/2014
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés