Bioinspired Materials for Medical Applications

✍ Scribed by Lígia Rodrigues, Manuel Mota

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 527
• Series: Woodhead Publishing series in biomaterials no. 121
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Bioinspired Materials for Medical Applications examines the inspiration of natural materials and their interpretation as modern biomaterials. With a strong focus on therapeutic and diagnostic applications, the book also examines the development and manipulation of bioinspired materials in regenerative medicine.

The first set of chapters is heavily focused on bioinspired solutions for the delivery of drugs and therapeutics that also offer information on the fundamentals of these materials. Chapters in part two concentrate on bioinspired materials for diagnosis applications with a wide coverage of sensor and imaging systems

With a broad coverage of the applications of bioinspired biomaterials, this book is a valuable resource for biomaterials researchers, clinicians, and scientists in academia and industry, and all those who wish to broaden their knowledge in the allied field.

• Explores how materials designed and produced with inspiration from nature can be used to enhance man-made biomaterials and medical devices
• Brings together the two fields of biomaterials and bioinspired materials
• Written by a world-class team of research scientists, engineers, and clinicians

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter,Copyright,Contributors,Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials,PreambleEntitled to full text1 - Design and preparation of biomimetic and bioinspired materials, Pages 1-44, V. Leiro, P.M. Moreno, B. Sarmento, J. Durão, L. Gales, A.P. Pêgo, C.C. Barrias
2 - Preparative methods and devices of bioinspired materials in drug-delivery systems, Pages 45-67, S. Gorgieva
3 - Metamorphic biomaterials, Pages 69-99, V.F. Cardoso, C. Ribeiro, S. Lanceros-Mendez
4 - Molecular signalling mechanisms of host–materials interactions, Pages 101-118, J.F. da Silva Domingues, T.G. Van Kooten
5 - Multifunctional biomaterials and their bioinspired systems for bioactive molecules delivery, Pages 119-137, J.J.T.M. Swartjes
6 - Perspectives of bioinspired materials in regenerative medicine, Pages 139-175, G.P. Chaves Filho, S.M.G. Moreira
7 - Advanced techniques for characterizing bioinspired materials, Pages 177-214, R. Machado, V. Sencadas
8 - Imaging strategies for bioinspired materials, Pages 215-239, L. Moreira, N.M. Guimarães, N.F. Azevedo
9 - Injectable hydrogels as a delivery system for bone regeneration, Pages 241-271, I. Pereira, C. Rodrigues, A. Rodrigues, M. Oliveira, M. Gama
10 - Therapeutic proteins in bioactive materials for wound healing, Pages 273-295, J. Leppiniemi, V.P. Hytönen
11 - Smart devices: Micro- and nanosensors, Pages 297-329, A.C. Peixoto, A.F. Silva
12 - Smart devices: Lab-on-a-chip, Pages 331-369, S. Catarino, R. Lima, G. Minas
13 - Electronic tongues and aptasensors, Pages 371-402, L.G. Dias, S.G. Meirinho, A.C.A. Veloso, L.R. Rodrigues, A.M. Peres
14 - Advances on nucleic acid delivery with nonviral vectors, Pages 403-426, R.M. Lopes, N.A. Fonseca, A.F. Cruz, A.C. Gregório, Â. Valério-Fernandes, V. Moura, S. Simões, J.N. Moreira
15 - Artificial virus particles, Pages 427-450, D. Ferreira, I.M. Martins
16 - Synthetic biology strategies towards the development of new bioinspired technologies for medical applications, Pages 451-497, J.L. Rodrigues, D. Ferreira, L.R. Rodrigues
Abbreviation, Pages 499-507
Index, Pages 509-520

✦ Subjects

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