Frontiers of Biomedical Engineering (BENG
100)
In this lecture, Professor Saltzman continues his discussion of
tissue engineering, and its role in facilitating healing, tissue
regeneration, organ replacement, drug delivery and as model for
studying human physiology. Specific examples from current
research by scientists at Yale are used to illustrate some of
these points and to highlight the current progress in the field.
Some examples are generating neo-tissues from hydrogel scaffold
seeded with cells, healing spinal cords and controlling
mechanical properties of newly grown blood vessels with external
conditions.