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Course Contents

What is tissue engineering? Scope and objective of tissue engineering; Principles of tissue engineering; Essential components of tissue engineering; Materials Science / Engineering aspects (degradable materials); Design and characterization of scaffolds (porosity, mechanical strength and 3D architecture); Cell Biology aspects (choice of cell type, progenitor cells and cell differentiations); Molecular biology aspects (cell signaling molecules growth factors, cell attachment in the grins); Drug delivery in tissue engineering; Commercial developments of tissue engineering; Future of tissue engineering.

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