Bioresorbable Polymers for Biomedical Applications
From Fundamentals to Translational Medicine
Published on 24. August 2016
Book
Hardback
628 pages
978-0-08-100262-9 (ISBN)
Description
Bioresorbable Polymers for Biomedical Applications: From Fundamentals to Translational Medicine provides readers with an overview of bioresorbable polymeric materials in the biomedical field. A useful resource for materials scientists in industry and academia, offering information on the fundamentals and considerations, synthesis and processing, and the clinical and R and D applications of bioresorbable polymers for biomedical applications.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Laminated cover
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 38 mm
Weight
1137 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-08-100262-9 (9780081002629)
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Giuseppe Perale | Jöns Hilborn
Bioresorbable Polymers for Biomedical Applications
From Fundamentals to Translational Medicine
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08/2016
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Persons
Giuseppe Perale is currently Professor of Regenerative Medicine at the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences of the University of Southern Switzerland (USI) in Lugano, Switzerland, and visiting Professor at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Experimental and Clinical Traumatology in Vienna, Austria Joens Hilborn is the head of the Polymer Chemistry program at the Department of Materials Chemistry, Uppsala University in Sweden and President and co-founder of "Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society? (TERMIS)
Content
Part One. Fundamentals and considerations of bioresorbable polymers for biomedical applications
1. Introduction to bioresorbable polymers for biomedical applications
2. Natural polymers: A source of inspiration
3. Bioresorbability of polymers: Chemistry, mechanisms, and modeling
4. The innate immune response: A key factor in biocompatibility
5. Form and function of resorbable materials-based medical devices
6. Quality management and safety of bioresorbable polymers for biomedical applications
7. Bringing bioresorbable polymers to market
Part Two. Synthesis and processing of bioresorbable polymeric materials for medical applications
8. Synthesis of bioresorbable polymers for medical applications
9. Processing and production of bioresorbable polymer scaffolds for tissue engineering
10. Synthesis and processing of hydrogels for medical applications
11. Bioresorbable polymer microparticles in the medical and pharmaceutical fields
12. Bioresorbable polymer nanoparticles in the medical and pharmaceutical fields: A promising field
13. Improving the pharmacodynamic and pharmacological profile of bioactive molecules using biopolymers
14. Click chemistry for improving properties of bioresorbable polymers for medical applications
15. Bioresorbable polymers for bioprinting applications
Part Three. Clinical and research and development (R&D) applications of bioresorbable polymers
16. Cell delivery for regenerative medicine by using bioresorbable polymers
17. Applications of bioresorbable polymers in the skeletal systems (cartilages, tendons, bones)
18. Applications of bioresorbable polymers in skin and eardrum
19. Bioresorbable polymers for next-generation cardiac scaffolds
20. Application of bioresorbable polymers in muscular system
21. Ocular applications of bioresorbable polymers-from basic research to clinical trials
22. Applications of bioresorbable polymers in the central nervous system
23. Engineering airways
1. Introduction to bioresorbable polymers for biomedical applications
2. Natural polymers: A source of inspiration
3. Bioresorbability of polymers: Chemistry, mechanisms, and modeling
4. The innate immune response: A key factor in biocompatibility
5. Form and function of resorbable materials-based medical devices
6. Quality management and safety of bioresorbable polymers for biomedical applications
7. Bringing bioresorbable polymers to market
Part Two. Synthesis and processing of bioresorbable polymeric materials for medical applications
8. Synthesis of bioresorbable polymers for medical applications
9. Processing and production of bioresorbable polymer scaffolds for tissue engineering
10. Synthesis and processing of hydrogels for medical applications
11. Bioresorbable polymer microparticles in the medical and pharmaceutical fields
12. Bioresorbable polymer nanoparticles in the medical and pharmaceutical fields: A promising field
13. Improving the pharmacodynamic and pharmacological profile of bioactive molecules using biopolymers
14. Click chemistry for improving properties of bioresorbable polymers for medical applications
15. Bioresorbable polymers for bioprinting applications
Part Three. Clinical and research and development (R&D) applications of bioresorbable polymers
16. Cell delivery for regenerative medicine by using bioresorbable polymers
17. Applications of bioresorbable polymers in the skeletal systems (cartilages, tendons, bones)
18. Applications of bioresorbable polymers in skin and eardrum
19. Bioresorbable polymers for next-generation cardiac scaffolds
20. Application of bioresorbable polymers in muscular system
21. Ocular applications of bioresorbable polymers-from basic research to clinical trials
22. Applications of bioresorbable polymers in the central nervous system
23. Engineering airways