Strategies in Regenerative Medicine

1. Introduction: History of Regenerative Medicine
Stephen F. Badylak, Alan J. Russell, Matteo Santin

2. Soft Tissues Characteristics and Strategies for Their Replacement and Regeneration
Maurizio Ventre, Paolo A. Netti, Francesco Urciuolo, Luigi Ambrosio

3. Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering of Hard Tissues
Elisabeth Engel, Oscar Castaño, Emiliano Salvagni, Maria Pau Ginebra, Josep A. Planell

4. Biomimetic and Bio-responsive Materials in Regenerative Medicine
Jacob F. Pollock, Kevin E. Healy

5. Clinical Approaches to Skin Regeneration
S. E. James, S. Booth, P. Gilbert, I. Jones, R. Shevchenko

6. Angiogenesis in Development, Disease, and Regeneration
Rakesh K. Jain, Dai Fukumura

7. Tissue Engineering of Small– and Large– Diameter Blood Vessels
Dörthe Schmidt, Simon P. Hoerstrup

8. Pancreas Biology, Pathology, and Tissue Engineering
Wendy M. MacFarlane, Adrian J. Bone, Moira Harrison

9. The Holy Grail of Hepatocyte Culturing and Therapeutic Use
Andreas K. Nussler, Natascha C. Nussler, Vera Merk, Marc Brulport, Wiebke Schormann, Ping Yao, Jan G. Hengstler

10. Peripheral Nerve Injury, Repair, and Regeneration
Rudolf K. Potucek, Stephen W.P. Kemp, Naweed I. Syed, Rajiv Midha

11. Therapeutic Strategies in Ocular Tissue Regeneration: The Role of Stem Cells
K. Ramaesh, N. Stone, B. Dhillon

12. Cartilage Development, Physiology, Pathologies, and Regeneration
Xibin Wang, Lars Rackwitz, Ulrich Nöth, Rocky S. Tuan

13. Basic Science and Clinical Strategies for Articular Cartilage Regeneration/Repair
Barry W Oakes

14. Bone Biology: Development and Regeneration Mechanisms in Physiological and Pathological Conditions
Hideki Yoshikawa, Noriyuki Tsumaki, Akira Myoui

15. Clinical Applications of Bone Tissue Engineering
Silvia Scaglione, Rodolfo Quarto

16. Conclusions: Towards High-Performance and Industrially Sustainable Tissue Engineering Products
Matteo Santin

Keywords: Material Science, Medical Microbiology, Cell Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials