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What is Tissue Engineering?

What is Tissue Engineering?. Definition: A field that applies the principles of engineering and biological sciences to create substitutes for damaged tissue. What kinds of tissues are being made?. Heart Valves (867 million) Kidney (8.8 billion dollar industry) Bones (Thumb) Ear

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What is Tissue Engineering?

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  1. What is Tissue Engineering? Definition: A field that applies the principles of engineering and biological sciences to create substitutes for damaged tissue.

  2. What kinds of tissues are being made? • Heart Valves (867 million) • Kidney (8.8 billion dollar industry) • Bones (Thumb) • Ear • Meniscus ($50 billion)

  3. Heart valve

  4. New Valves

  5. Kidney

  6. Bone

  7. Ear

  8. Meniscus

  9. What are biomaterials? Definition: A synthetic material used to replace part of a living system or to function in living tissue usually combined with cells.

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