New Materials and Technologies for Healthcare

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This volume summarizes recent developments in the use of new materials and technologies in healthcare. The emphasis is on new approaches that incorporate bioactive materials and scaffolds with cells in the emerging technologies of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. The incorporation of nanotechnology, stem cells, and gene control of cells is included in the current research discussed. Clinical applications are described throughout the volume, along with economic and bioethics issues. The chapters are organized into four sections of clinical needs and an overview that summarizes the technologies that provide new approaches to clinical problems. The clinical areas addressed are Skeletal and Skin Repair, Heart and Cardiovascular Repair, Neuronal Repair, and Sensory Repair. The chapters were written by a multidisciplinary group of authors from six universities: the University of Arizona , the University of Central Florida , Imperial College London , King's College, Guy's Hospital, University of London , University of Florida and Kyoto University . This book can be used as a reference book or as a textbook for advanced undergraduate or graduate courses in bioengineering, biomaterials or healthcare management.Watch the video interview with Professor Larry Hench and Dr Julian Jones introducing "New Materials and Technologies for Healthcare."Contents: 21st Century Challenges for Biomaterials ""Stem Cell Technology: Hope or Hype? ""Bioactive Materials for Gene Control ""Nanoparticles for Novel Healthcare Therapeutics ""Glass Microspheres for Cancer Treatment ""Bioactive Glasses and Angiogenesis ""Clinical Applications of Bioactive Glasses for Maxillo-Facial Repair ""Clinical Applications of Bioactive Glass-Ceramics ""Hierarchical Porous Scaffolds for Bone Regeneration ""Cartilage Regeneration ""Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering of Articular Cartilage ""Total Knee Replacement ""Total Hip Replacement ""Bioactive Surfaces for Total Hip Prostheses ""Artificial Skin and Wound Dressings ""Degenerative Disc Disease in the Lumbar Spine ""Shoulder Repair ""Drug Eluting Stents: Worth the Risks? ""Treating Aortic Aneurysms ""Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: Treatment and Repair ""Heart Valve Stenosis and Surgical Repair: Present and Future ""Prosthetic Vascular Grafts for Treatment of Peripheral Arterial Disease ""Small-Diameter Vascular Grafts ""Spinal Cord Repair: Current Methods and Limitations ""Spinal Cord Repair for Paraplegics ""Brain Machine Interfaces ""Stem Cell Research for Treatment of Parkinson's Disease ""Tissue Engineering for Corneal Regeneration ""Development of Lasik: Laser-Assisted "In Situ" Keratomileusis ""Hearing Devices: Experiencing a World of Sound ""Glass-Ceramic Dental Restorations "(