Biomaterials, artificial organs and tissue engineering /

Biomaterials, artificial organs and tissue engineering / edited by Larry L. Hench and Julian R. Jones.

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"Maintaining quality of life in an ageing population is one of the great challenges of the twenty-first century. This book and collection of illustrated CD lectures summarises how this challenge is being met by multi-disciplinary developments in specialty biomaterials, devices, artificial organ...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Institute of Materials, Minerals, and Mining
Other Authors: Hench, Larry L., 1938-2015, Jones, Julian Raymond
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : Cambridge : CRC Press ; Woodhead, 2005.
Series:Woodhead Publishing in materials.
Subjects:
Biomedical materials.
Artificial organs.
Tissue engineering.
Biomedical engineering.
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Summary:"Maintaining quality of life in an ageing population is one of the great challenges of the twenty-first century. This book and collection of illustrated CD lectures summarises how this challenge is being met by multi-disciplinary developments in specialty biomaterials, devices, artificial organs and in vitro growth of human cells as tissue-engineered constructs. Biomaterials, artificial organs and tissue engineering is intended for use as a textbook in a one-semester course for upper level BSc, MSc and MEng students."--BOOK JACKET.
Item Description:Accompanied by CD-ROM containing illustrated lectures and self-study questions for each chapter.
"Woodhead Publishing and Maney Publishing on behalf of the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining"
Physical Description:xii, 284 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in)
Format:Minimum system requirements: PC with Windows 95 or better ; Microsoft PowerPoint ; Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.1 or above ; Adobe Reader.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0849325773 (CRC)
185573737X (Woodhead : pbk.)

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