Biopolymer Methods in Tissue Engineering

There is an urgent need to develop new approaches to treat conditions as— ciated with the aging global population. The surgeon’s approach to many of these problems could be described as having evolved through three stages: Removal: Traditionally, diseased or badly damaged tissues and structures might simply be removed. This was appropriate for limbs and non—essential organs, but could not be applied to structures that were critical to sustain life. An additional problem was the creation of ...