Biomedical Implants and Tissues: Status and Prospects

Abstract:

Treatments in healthcare utilizing implants, grafts, carriers and scaffolds divulge conspicuous and dire need of perfectly complementary materials which opens new vistas for research and other exploration in this field. The vast array and assemblage of various combinations of biomaterials have evinced immaculate promising applications in healthcare sector without excluding the fact that suitability and intricacy of the constructs is equally significant. This manuscript is an attempt to sort out the agglomeration of biomaterials as well as to provide a more explicit manifestation of the eminent giant leaps in the biomedical applications. Shortage of human organs essential for liver transplantation has led to the explorations in the tissue engineering arena. This manuscript specifically highlights most of the pertinent developments in the vicinity of liver tissue engineering utilizing polymers and composites. Tissue engineered products having live cells are less susceptible to immune rejection. Hence, this potent phenomenon which utilizes scaffolds of biomaterials has been discussed here thoroughly.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 842)
• Pages: 157-171
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.842.157
• Online since: February 2016
• Authors: Hadiya Husain, Riaz Ahmad
• Keywords: Biomaterial, Drug Delivery, Liver Grafts, Polymers, Tissue Engineering Scaffolds

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