Handbook of Tissue Engineering Scaffolds: Volume Two

Dr. Masoud Mozafari is a Fellow at Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Health Hospital, University of Toronto. He was previously Assistant Professor and Director of the Bioengineering Lab, at the Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Department, Materials and Energy Research Center, Cellular and Molecular Research Center, and Department of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine of the Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Tehran, Iran. Dr. Mozafari’s research interests range across biomaterials, nanotechnology, and tissue engineering, and he is known for the development of strategies for the treatment of damaged tissues and organs, and controlling biological substances for targeted delivery into the human body. Dr. Mozafari has received several awards, including the Khwarizmi Award and the Julia Polak European Doctorate Award for outstanding translational research contributions to the field of biomaterials. He has also received the WIPO Medal for Inventors from The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), in recognition of his contributions to economic and technological development. Dr. Mozafari is currently working on the editorial board of several journals. Dr. Farshid Sefat is Associate Professor and Programme Leader in the Biomedical and Electronic Engineering Department at the University of Bradford (UK). He was head of Biomedical Engineering Department at King Faisal University (Saudi Arabia) and Visiting Professor at Stevens Institute of Technology (New Jersey, USA). He completed his post doctorate research assistant at University of Sheffield (UK) in cornea tissue engineering. Dr. Sefat received his Ph.D. and BEng. degrees from University of Bradford in Biomedical Engineering. His research is based on developing biomaterials to control cellular behavior with particular emphasis in developing engineered materials for various tissue engineering applications. He’s an author of >150 peer-reviewed journal articles, editorials, and review papers and >80 book chapters/edited books. He’s on the editorial boards and reviewer of >30 numerous journals including Materials Today, Acta Biomaterialia, IEEE, Bone, MDPI, Journal of Orthopaedics & Rheumatology, Materials Science and Engineering C and Journal of Biomechanics.Anthony Atala, MD, is the G. Link Professor and Director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, and the W. Boyce Professor and Chair of Urology. Dr. Atala is a practicing surgeon and a researcher in the area of regenerative medicine. Fifteen applications of technologies developed in Dr. Atala's laboratory have been used clinically. He is Editor of 25 books and 3 journals. Dr. Atala has published over 800 journal articles and has received over 250 national and international patents. Dr. Atala was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Sciences, to the National Academy of Inventors as a Charter Fellow, and to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. Dr. Atala has led or served several national professional and government committees, including the National Institutes of Health working group on Cells and Developmental Biology, the National Institutes of Health Bioengineering Consortium, and the National Cancer Institute’s Advisory Board. He is a founding member of the Tissue Engineering Society, Regenerative Medicine Foundation, Regenerative Medicine Manufacturing Innovation Consortium, Regenerative Medicine Development Organization, and Regenerative Medicine Manufacturing Society.

• Part 6: Neural tissue engineering scaffolds34. Scaffolds for brain tissue reconstruction35. Scaffolds for spinal cord regeneration36. Scaffolds for bridging sciatic nerve gaps37. Scaffold for facial nerve reconstruction38. Scaffolds for auditory nerve regenerationPart 7: Skin tissue engineering scaffolds39. Scaffolds for dermal tissue engineering40. Scaffolds for epidermal tissue engineering41. Scaffolds for regeneration of dermo-epidermal skin tissue42. Scaffolds for epithelial and hair follicle regeneration43. Scaffolds for abdominal wall reconstructionPart 8: Scaffolds for reproductive system44. Scaffolds for bioengineered uterus45. Scaffolds for vaginal tissue reconstruction46. Scaffolds for cervical tissue engineering47. Scaffolds for reconstruction of penile corporal tissuePart 9: Scaffold for respiratory tissue engineering48. Scaffolds for tracheal tissue engineering49. Scaffolds for tissue engineering of the bronchi50. Scaffold for laryngeal reconstruction51. Scaffolds for lung tissue engineering52. Scaffolds for reconstruction of the diaphragmPart 10: Scaffolds for urinary system53. Scaffolds for kidney tissue engineering54. Scaffolds for bladder tissue engineering55. Scaffolds for tissue engineering of the urethraPart 11: Scaffolds for digestive system56. Scaffolds for esophageal tissue engineering57. Scaffolds for intestinal tissue engineering58. Scaffolds for tissue engineering of stomachPart 12: Ocular tissue engineering scaffolds59. Scaffolds for corneal tissue engineering60. Scaffolds for retinal repairs61. Scaffolds for intraocular lens62. Scaffolds for tissue engineering in optic nerve regeneration63. Scaffolds for tarsal repair in eyelidsPart 13: Tissue engineering scaffolds in endocrinologyand metabolism64. Scaffolds for liver regeneration65. Scaffolds for pancreatic tissue engineering66. Scaffolds for parathyroid tissue engineering

"This in-depth analysis has led to the recent publication of a uniquely comprehensive two volume book: ‘The Handbook of Tissue Engineering Scaffolds’ part one and part two. With 66 chapters, this book currently represents the largest published collection of tissue engineering scaffold research in the world" --University of Bradford / Business / News and Events