Fabrication of Bio-Based Cellular and Porous Materials for Tissue Engineering Scaffolds

Hao Yang Mi, Xin Jing, Lih Sheng Turng

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Abstract

The loss or failure of an organ or tissue is one of the most common, devastating, and costly problems in human health care. The increasing number of transplantation surgeries has led to high donor organ demand, which far exceeds supply. Each year, about 15% of potential candidates for liver or heart transplantation in the United States die while on the waiting list. Although they have proven successful with regard to patient recover, autografts (autotransplantations) and allografts (allotransplantations) have obvious shortcomings in that the organ from another part of the patient (autograft) or from the donor (allograft) must be sacriced or damaged. Xenograft (xenotransplantation), which uses organ sources from animals (e.g., pigs), also has drawbacks due to issues surrounding the.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationBIOFOAMS
Subtitle of host publicationScience and Applications of Bio-Based Cellular and Porous Materials
PublisherCRC Press
Pages315-349
Number of pages35
ISBN (Electronic)9781466561809
DOIs
StatePublished - 01 01 2015
Externally publishedYes

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