Frontiers of Biomedical Engineering with W. Mark Saltzman - 23. Tissue Engineering (cont.)

Frontiers of Biomedical Engineering (BENG 100) In this lecture, Professor Saltzman continues his discussion of tissue engineering, and its role in facilitating healing, tissue regeneration, organ replacement, drug delivery and as model for studying human physiology. Specific examples from current research by scientists at Yale are used to illustrate some of these points and to highlight the current progress in the field. Some examples are generating neo-tissues from hydrogel scaffold seeded with cells, healing spinal cords and controlling mechanical properties of newly grown blood vessels with external conditions. 00:00 - Chapter 1. Introduction 02:28 - Chapter 2. Tissue Engineering for Replacement of Diseased Tissues 13:30 - Chapter 3. Synthetic Materials in Tissue Engineering 23:13 - Chapter 4. In Vitro Cultivation of Replacement Blood Vessels 32:19 - Chapter 5. Tissue Engineering in Control of Drug Delivery 39:54 - Chapter 6. Summary and Conclusion Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses This course was recorded in Spring 2008.