Regenerative medicine applications in organ transplantation /

Regenerative medicine applications in organ transplantation /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/AP, 2014.
Description:	1 online resource (xxxvii, 1011 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Language:	English
Subject:	Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. Regenerative medicine. Organ Transplantation. Regenerative Medicine. Tissue Engineering. Tissue Transplantation. Regenerative medicine. Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11209334

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Other authors / contributors:	Orlando, Giuseppe, 1970- editor. Lerut, Jan, editor. Soker, Shay, editor. Stratta, R. J. (Robert J.), editor.
ISBN:	9780123985200 012398520X 0123985234 9780123985231 9780123985231 0123985234
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Regenerative Medicine Applications in Organ Transplantation illustrates exactly how these two fields are coming together and can benefit one another. It discusses technologies being developed, methods being implemented, and which of these are the most promising. The text encompasses tissue engineering, biomaterial sciences, stem cell biology, and developmental biology, all from a transplant perspective. Organ systems considered include liver, renal, intestinal, pancreatic, and more.
Other form:	Print version: Regenerative medicine applications in organ transplantation. 1st ed. Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, 2014 9780123985231
Standard no.:	9780123985231

Table of Contents:

Principles of regenerative medicine and cell, tissue and organ bioengineering
Kidney
Liver
Heart
Small bowel
Endocrine pancreas and islets of langerhans
Lung
Composite tissues allotranplantation
Immunosuppression-free transplantation in the regenerative medicine era.