Biopolymer Methods in Tissue Engineering

Processing of Resorbable Poly-a-Hydroxy Acids for Use as Tissue-Engineering Scaffolds Minna Kellomaki and Pertti Tormala Fibrin Microbeads (FMB) As Biodegradable Carriers for Culturing Cells and for Accelerating Wound Healing Raphael Gorodetsky, Akiva Vexler, Lilia Levdansky, and Gerard Marx Synthesis and Characterization of Hyaluronan-Based Polymers for Tissue Engineering Carlo Soranzo, Davide Renier, and Alessandra Pavesio Synthesis and Characterization of Chitosan Scaffolds for Cartilage-Tissue Engineering Steven H. Elder, Dana L. Nettles, and Joel D. Bumgardner Characterization of a Calcium Phosphate-Based Matrix for rhBMP-2 Hyun D. Kim, John M. Wozney, and Rebecca H. Li Methodologies for Processing Biodegradable and Natural Origin Scaffolds for Bone and Cartilage Tissue-Engineering Applications Manuela E. Gomes, Patricia B. Malafaya, and Rui L. Reis Alginates in Tissue Engineering Marcy Wong Production and Surface Modification of Polylactide-Based Polymeric Scaffolds for Soft-Tissue Engineering Yang Cao, Tristan I. Croll, Justin J. Cooper-White, Andrea J. O'Connor, and Geoffrey W. Stevens Modification of Materials With Bioactive Peptides Jennifer L. West Isolation and Osteogenic Differentiation of Bone-Marrow Progenitor Cells for Application in Tissue Engineering Antonio J. Salgado, Manuela E. Gomes, Olga P. Coutinho, and Rui L. Reis Cell Seeding of Polymer Scaffolds Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic and Milica Radisic Chondrocyte Isolation, Expansion, and Culture on Polymer Scaffolds Aileen Crawford and Sally C. Dickinson Bioreactor Culture Techniques for Cartilage-Tissue Engineering David A. Lee and Ivan Martin Microscopic Methods for the Analysis of Engineered Tissues Sally Roberts and Janis Menage Transmission Electron Microscopy ofTissue-Polymer Constructs Paul V. Hatton Application of Microscopic Methods for the Detection of Cell Attachment to Polymers John Hunt and Deborah Heggarty Biochemical Methods for the Analysis of Tissue-Engineered Cartilage Wa'el Kafienah and Trevor J. Sims Real-Time Quantitative RT-PCR Assays Ivan Martin and Oliver Frank Mechanical Testing of Cell-Material Constructs: A Review John Kisiday, Alex Kerin, and Alan Grodzinsky Index