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Polymers Used in Tissue Engineering
- Introduction
- Tissue Engineering
- Cell Source
- Importance of ECM and Scaffold: Housing the Cells
- Properties of an Ideal Cell Carrier
- Materials Used in Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
- Polymer Sources
- Important Synthetic Polymers used in Tissue Engineering
- Poly(α-hydroxyesters): polylactides (PLA) and polyglycolides (PGA)
- Poly(ε-caprolactone)
- Polyanhydrides
- Polyfumarates
- Synthetic poly(amino acids)
- Poly(ortho esters)
- Poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) and Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)
- Important Natural Polymers used in Tissue Engineering
- Animal origin/protein‐based polymers
- Animal origin/polysaccharide‐based polymers
- Plant origin/polysaccharide‐based polymers
- Polyesters of biological origin
- Modified Polymers of Natural and Synthetic Origin
- Intelligent Polymers: Responsiveness Against T and pH
- Future Trends
- Conclusion
- References
Abstract
Tissue engineering is an extension of the biomedical materials field and involves scaffolds (preferably biodegradable and polymeric) seeded with autogeneous cells. This entry discusses some background information on tissue engineering and also more recent research on biomaterials and the direction in which the research is trending.
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