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Chitosan Based Biomaterials Volume 2
Tissue Engineering and Therapeutics
- 1st Edition - September 23, 2016
- Editors: Jessica Amber Jennings, Joel David Bumgardner
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 1 0 0 2 2 8 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 1 0 0 2 5 6 - 8
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Request a sales quoteChitosan Based Biomaterials: Tissue Engineering and Therapeutics, Volume 2, provides the latest information on chitosan, a natural polymer derived from the marine material chitin. Chitosan displays unique properties, most notably biocompatibility and biodegradability. It can also be easily tuned to modify its structure or properties, making chitosan an excellent candidate as a biomaterial. Consequently, chitosan is being developed for many biomedical functions, ranging from tissue engineering and implant coatings to drug and gene delivery. This book provides readers with a full coverage of the applications of chitosan-based biomaterials.
- Presents specific focus on tissue engineering and therapeutics
- Provides comprehensive treatment of all biomaterial applications of chitosan
- Contains contributions by leading researchers with extensive experience in the material
Biomaterials/chemistry researchers in academia and industry, biomedical engineers, post-grads
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- 1. The role of nanotechnology and chitosan-based biomaterials for tissue engineering and therapeutic delivery
- 1.1. Introduction
- 1.2. Nanotechnology and its importance
- 1.3. Production of chitosan nanoparticles
- 1.4. Applications of chitosan-based nanoparticles
- 1.5. Delivery of therapeutics
- 1.6. Experimental methods: preparation of chitosan–acrylic acid–methyl methacrylate nanohydrogels by graft polymerization
- 1.7. Conclusions
- Part One. Chitosan for musculoskeletal tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
- 2. Chitosan for bone and cartilage regenerative engineering
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.2. Chitosan to support tissue regeneration
- 2.3. Chitosan for bone regeneration
- 2.4. Chitosan for cartilage regenerative engineering
- 2.5. Experimental methods
- 2.6. Conclusion
- 3. Chitosan for tendon engineering and regeneration
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Properties of chitosan
- 3.3. Chitosan and tendon engineering
- 3.4. Chitosan and tendon regeneration
- 3.5. Chitosan and tendon adhesion
- 3.6. Chitosan scaffolds and TGF-β3
- 3.7. Experimental methods
- 3.8. Conclusions
- 2. Chitosan for bone and cartilage regenerative engineering
- Part Two. Chitosan for tissue engineering and regeneration of other tissues and organs
- 4. Chitosan-based biomaterials for treatment of diabetes
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Islet cell transplants, microenvironment, hydrogels, and vascularization
- 4.3. Chitosan hydrogels for vascularization
- 4.4. Chitosan for immunoisolation devices
- 4.5. Chitosan as an antidiabetic supplement
- 4.6. Chitosan for insulin delivery
- 4.7. Chitosan for islet imaging
- 4.8. Testing human islets for glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in vitro
- 4.9. Conclusions
- 5. Chitosan for cardiac tissue engineering and regeneration
- 5.1. Cardiac tissue regeneration
- 5.2. Engineering tissues using biodegradable scaffolds
- 5.3. Chitosan-based scaffolds for cardiac tissue repair
- 5.4. Using chitosan hydrogels in cardiac tissue regeneration
- 5.5. Improved understanding of mechanical properties
- 5.6. Tissue regeneration
- 5.7. Methods for fabricating chitosan hydrogels and scaffolds
- 5.8. Methods for evaluating the mechanical properties and cell activity of chitosan hydrogels and scaffolds for cardiac applications
- 5.9. Conclusions
- 4. Chitosan-based biomaterials for treatment of diabetes
- Part Three. Chitosan for the delivery of drugs and therapeutics
- 6. Chitosan for the delivery of antibiotics
- 6.1. Background
- 6.2. Chitosan advantages in drug delivery
- 6.3. Delivery from chitosan films and coatings
- 6.4. Delivery from beads
- 6.5. Delivery from hydrogels
- 6.6. Experimental methods
- 6.7. Conclusions
- 7. Chitosan-based scaffolds for growth factor delivery
- 7.1. Introduction
- 7.2. Chitosan as a biomaterial
- 7.3. Growth factors in tissue regeneration
- 7.4. Chitosan for growth factor delivery
- 7.5. Conclusions
- 8. Chitosan for DNA and gene therapy
- 8.1. Introduction
- 8.2. Extra- and intracellular barriers to nonviral gene delivery
- 8.3. Nonviral vectors used in gene delivery
- 8.4. Chitosan as a gene delivery vector
- 8.5. Factors influencing gene transfer efficacy of chitosan/pDNA polyplexes
- 8.6. Chemical modifications of chitosan to improve gene transfection efficiency
- 8.7. Preparation and characterization of chitosan/pDNA polyplexes
- 8.8. Conclusions
- 9. Antimicrobial applications of chitosan
- 9.1. Introduction
- 9.2. Chemistry and characteristic of chitin/chitosan
- 9.3. Chitin/chitosan and its derivatives for antibacterial agents
- 9.4. Chitin/chitosan and its derivatives for antifungal agents
- 9.5. Chitin/chitosan and its derivatives for antiviral agents
- 9.6. Conclusions
- 6. Chitosan for the delivery of antibiotics
- Index
- No. of pages: 296
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: September 23, 2016
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Hardback ISBN: 9780081002285
- eBook ISBN: 9780081002568
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