Functional Tissue Engineering

Part I. The Functional Properties of Native Tissues
- How Does Nature Build a Tissue?Ligament Healing: Present Status and the Future of Functional Tissue Engineering
- Native Properties of Cardiovascular Tissues: Guidelines for Functional Tissue Engineering
- Functional Properties of Native Articular Cartilage
- Excitability and Contractility of Skeletal Muscle: Measurements and Interpretations

Part II. Functional Requirements of Engineered Tissues
- Functional Requirements for the Engineering of a Blood Vessel Substitute
- In vivo Force and Strain of Tendon, Ligament and Capsule
- Requirements for Biological Replacement of the Articular Cartilage at the Knee Joint
- Functional Requirements: Cartilage

Part III. Design Parameters for Tissue Engineering
- Design Parameters for Functional Tissue Engineering
- Tissue Engineering a Heart: Critical Issues
- Design Parameters for Engineering Bone Regeneration
- Tissue Engineering of Bone: The Potential Uses of Gene Therapy for Difficult Bone Loss Problems
- Engineered Skeletal Muscle: Functional Tissues, Organs and Interfaces
- Bioengineering the Growth of Articular Cartilage

Part IV. Assessment of Function in Engineered Tissues
- Functional Tissue Engineering: Assessment of Function in Tendon and Ligament Repair
- The Role of Mechanical Forces in Tissue Engineering of Articular Cartilage
- Biomechanics of Native and Engineered Heart Valves
- Assessment of Function in Tissue Engineered Vascular Grafts
- Assessment of the Performance of Engineered Tissues in Humans Requires the Development of Highly Sensitive and Quantitative Non-invasive Outcome Measures

Part V. Cell-matrix Interactions in Functional Tissue Engineering
- The Biomechanics of Cell-matrix Interactions in Tissue Engineering
- Regulation of Cellular Response to Mechanical Signals by Matrix Design
- Artificial Soft Tissue Fabrication from Cell-contracted Biopolymers
- Cytomechanics: Signaling to Mechanical Load in Connective

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