This volume summarizes recent developments in the use of new materials and technologies in healthcare. The emphasis is on new approaches that incorporate bioactive materials and scaffolds with cells in the emerging technologies of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. The incorporation of nanotechnology, stem cells, and gene control of cells is included in the current research discussed. Clinical applications are described throughout the volume, along with economic and bioethics issues. The chapters are organized into four sectionsof clinical needs and an overview that summarizes the technologies that provide new approaches to clinical problems. The clinical areas addressed are Skeletal and Skin Repair, Heart and Cardiovascular Repair, Neuronal Repair, and Sensory Repair. The chapters were written by a multidisciplinary group of authorsfrom six universities: the University of Arizona (US), the University of Central Florida (US), Imperial College London (UK), King's College, Guy's Hospital, University of London (UK), University of Florida (US) and Kyoto University (Japan). This book can be used as a reference book or as a textbook for advanced undergraduate or graduate courses in bioengineering, biomaterials or healthcare management. Watch the video interview with Professor Larry Hench and Dr Julian Jones introducing New Materials and Technologies for Healthcare. INDICE: 21st Century Challenges for Biomaterials (Larry L Hench); Stem Cell Technology: Hope or Hype? (Larry L Hench and Julian R Jones); Bioactive Materials for Gene Control (Larry L Hench); Nanoparticles for Novel Healthcare Therapeutics (Sudipta Seal, William Self, James McGinnis and A S Karakoti); GlassMicrospheres for Cancer Treatment (Delbert E Day); Bioactive Glasses and Angiogenesis (Alejandro A Gorustovich, Luis A Haro Durand and Aldo R Boccaccini); Clinical Applications of Bioactive Glasses for Maxillo-Facial Repair (Ian Thompson); Clinical Applications of Bioactive Glass-Ceramics (Takao Yamamuro); Hierarchical Porous Scaffolds for Bone Regeneration (Julian R Jones); Cartilage Regeneration (Adam C Grochowski and Michael B Fenn); Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering of Articular Cartilage (Javier S Castro); Total Knee Replacement (JasonWertz); Total Hip Replacement (Kim Elshot Alvarez); Bioactive Surfaces for Total Hip Prostheses (Takao Yamamuro); Artificial Skin and Wound Dressings (Krystle Placencio, Thomas Frank Jefferson, Michael Teran and Michael Fenn); Degenerative Disc Disease in the Lumbar Spine (Russell Beal); Shoulder Repair (ShaneD Smith); Drug Eluting Stents: Worth the Risks? (Adam Estelle); Treating Aortic Aneurysms (Rochellee Manygoats); Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: Treatment and Repair (John Ashton); Heart Valve Stenosis and Surgical Repair: Present and Future (Scott Cooper); Prosthetic Vascular Grafts for Treatment of Peripheral Arterial Disease (Margo Ellis); Small-Diameter Vascular Grafts (Kyle Marr); Spinal Cord Repair: Current Methods and Limitations (Julie Lockwood); Spinal Cord Repair for Paraplegics (Jeffrey Calhoun); Brain–Machine Interfaces (Matthew Goodman); Stem Cell Research for Treatment of Parkinson's Disease (Colleen Youngand Michael B Fenn); Tissue Engineering for Corneal Regeneration (Ayyasamy Aruchamy); Development of Lasik: Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis (Raymond Lee); Hearing Devices: Experiencing a World of Sound (Savannah Burnside); Glass-Ceramic Dental Restorations (Wolfram Höland and Volker M Rheinberger); Pain-Desensitizing Dental Materials (David C Greenspan); Ethical Considerations in Biomaterials Research and Development (Mrinal K Musiband and Subrata Saha); The Ending (Larry L Hench).
- ISBN: 978-1-84816-558-8
- Editorial: Imperial College
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 520
- Fecha Publicación: 01/01/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés