Future Strategies for Tissue and Organ Replacement

Several textbooks have been published that discuss just one or two of the areas concerning tissue and organ replacement. This manual aims to bring together all the different approaches. The contributors are experts in their respective fields. The multidisciplinary nature of the text should appeal to students, scientists and clinicians from a wide spectrum of disciplines who are considering a future in organ replacement therapy, as well as to those who have so far only learnt of the developments in organ transplantation or replacement in the lay media. The field is moving very quickly - transplant surgeons continue to redefine what is possible and new products that were just laboratory curiosities a few years ago are beginning to enter clinics around the world and improve the quality of life for thousands of people. The promise of the various technologies described in this book, if realized, should make a profound and lasting impact on both the way the health care industry operates and the way we view the human body.