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Tissue engineering can perhaps be best defined as the use of a combination of cells, engineering materials, and suitable biochemical factors to improve or replace biological functions in an effort to effect the advancement of medicine. ...
Ãâó: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tissue_engineering
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| tissue engineering |
growth of human organs or tissues in the laboratory from cells removed from the patient.
Ãâó: www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/organandtissue/glossary/
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| tissue engineering |
Technology combining genetic engineering of cells with chemical engineering to create artificial organs and tissues such as skin, bone, heart valves, and cartilage for joints. For example, bone growth factors or stem cells can be grown within a porous material (cut to shape) to create new jaws or limbs. ...
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| tissue engineering |
The term "tissue engineering" was coined at an NSF- [National Science Foundation] sponsored meeting in 1987. At a later NSF- sponsored workshop, tissue engineering was defined as "...the application of principles and methods of engineering and life sciences toward fundamental understanding ...and development of biological substitutes to restore, maintain and improve [human] tissue functions. ...
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| tissue engineering |
interdisciplinary subject area of biotechnology aimed at solving critical medical problems involving tissue defects and organ failures. The target is to produce complete, living tissue substitute materials in order to heal currently still incurable chronic, degenerative diseases or to prevent acute organ failure
Ãâó: www.celltec.de/ct/en/help/glossary.htm
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