内容简介
RegenerativeMedicineApplicationsinOrganTransplantationillustratesexactlyhowthesetwofieldsarecomingtogetherandcanbenefitoneanother.Itdiscussestechnologiesbeingdeveloped,methodsbeingimplemented,andwhichofthesearethemostpromising.Thetextencompassestissueengineering,biomaterialsciences,stemcellbiology,anddevelopmentalbiology,allfromatransplantperspective.Organsystemsconsideredincludeliver,renal,intestinal,pancreatic,andmore.Leadersfrombothfieldshavecontributedchapters,clearlyillustratingthatregenerativemedicineandsolidorgantransplantationspeakthesamelanguageandthatbothaimforsimilarmedicaloutcomes.Theoverallthemeofthebookistoprovideinsightintothesynergybetweenorgantransplantationandregenerativemedicine.Recentgroundbreakingachievementsinregenerativemedicinehavereceivedunprecedentedcoveragebythemedia,fuelinginterestandenthusiasmintransplantcliniciansandresearchers.Regenerativemedicineischangingthepremiseofsolidorgantransplantation,requiringtransplantationinvestigatorstobecomefamiliarwithregenerativemedicineinvestigationsthatcanbeextremelyrelevanttotheirwork.Similarly,regenerativemedicineinvestigatorsneedtobeawareoftheneedsofthetransplantfieldtobringthesetwofieldstogetherforgreaterresults.Itbridgesthegapbetweenregenerativemedicineandsolidorgantransplantationandhighlightsreasonsforcollaboration.Itexplainstheimportanceandfuturepotentialofregenerativemedicinetothetransplantcommunity.Itillustratestoregenerativemedicineinvestigatorstheneedsofthetransplantdisciplinetodriveandguideinvestigationsinthemostpromisingdirections.