Acknowledgements ................................................ v
Preface ....................................................... vii
PART I: INNOVATIVE BIOMATERIALS
1 Synthetic Polymer-Network Based Materials in Stem Cell
Research ..................................................... 3
Adam L. Sisson and Andreas Lendlein
2 Membrane Systems in Liver Regenerative Medicine ............. 37
Simona Salerno, Loredana De Bartolo and Enrico Drioli
3 Blood-derived Biomaterials: What Role Can They Play in
Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Therapy? ................ 65
Chen-Yao Su and Thierry Burnouf
4 Pectins as Future Biomaterials .............................. 87
Hanna Kokkonen and Juha Tuukkanen
5 Biointerfaces between Biomaterials and Biosystems in
Tissue Engineering: Potential Contributions of Two-Photon
Polymerization and Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Coatings ..... 110
S. Grohmann, T. Weiß and K. Liefeith
6 Cell-material Interactions ................................. 153
Sabrina Morelli and Antonella Piscioneri
PART II: STEM CELLS
7 Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells ......................... 183
Junnian Zhou, Xinlong Yan, Jingxue Wang, Jiafei Xi,
Haiyun Pei, Hailei Yao, Wen Yue and Xuetao Pei
8 Umbilical Cord Matrix Cells—Promising Instrument for
Regenerative Medicine ...................................... 212
Maslova O.O., Deryabina O.G. and Kordium V.A.
9 Cellular Properties of Mesenchymal Cells Derived from the
Decidua of Human Term Placenta and Their Applications in
Regenerative Medicine ...................................... 228
Daisuke Kanematsu and Yonehiro Kanemura
10 Adipose Tissue: A New Source of Hepatic Cells .............. 249
Ana Bonora-Centelles, Ramiro Jover Atienza, Vicente
Mirabet Lis, Jose Vicente Castell Ripoll and Maosé
Gómez-Lechón
11 Engineering Biomimetic Microenvironments Using
Biomaterials, Soluble Signals for ex vivo Expansion
and Differentiation of Stem Cells: Strategic Challenges
for Creation of Clinical Grades for Stem Cell Therapy ...... 279
Shibashish Giri and Augustinus Bader
PART III: TRANSLATIONAL STRATEGIES
12 Bioartificial Pancreas ..................................... 319
Yuji Teramura and Hiroo Iwata
13 Trachea and Larynx in Regenerative Medicine ................ 341
Silvia Baiguera, Massimo Jaus, Alessandro Gonfiotti and
Paolo Macchiarini
14 Organ Printing: A Novel Tissue Engineering Paradigm ........ 368
Francoise Marga, Karoly Jakab, Ioan Kosztin and Gabor
Forgacs
15 Stem Cell Microencapsulation for Therapeutic Angiogenesis .. 386
Clara Sanz Nogués, Dilip Thomas, Abhay Pandit and
Timothy O'Brien
16 Microencapsulation and Bioreactors for Liver Support ....... 425
Murielle Dufresne, Nhu Mai Tran, Stéphanie Capone,
Martine Daujat and Cecile Legallais
17 Mass Transfer and Computational Fluid-dynamics in
Bioreactors ................................................ 448
Efrem Curcio and Loredana De Bartolo
18 Innovative Solutions for Wound Therapy ..................... 475
Christina Irene Günter and Hans-Günther Machens
19 Neuroprotection and Neuroregeneration Strategies for
Neurodegenerative Diseases ................................. 495
Frank Striggow
20 Membrane Emulsification for Cell Delivery .................. 537
Emma Piacentini, Enrico Drioli and Lidietta Giorno
PART IV: REGULATIONS AND ETHICAL ISSUES
21 GMP Requirements and Quality Management of Cellular
Products ................................................... 569
Markus Neubauer and Saskia Knothe
22 From Laboratory Bench to Registration and Marketing
Approval: Clinical Development for the Biomaterial
Developer .................................................. 594
Rita Dobmeyer and Flavio De Rosa
23 The Tension between Conflicting Fundamental Values —
The Ethical Challenge of Embryonic Stem Cell Research ...... 619
Eckhard Nagel
Index ......................................................... 623
Color Plate Section ........................................... 629
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