Throughout the past decade in the field of<unk> , novel cell sources, engineering materials, and tissue architecture<unk> chniques have provided engineering tissues that better restore, maintain, improve, or replace biological tissues.<unk>  is a biomedical engineering discipline that uses a combination of cells, engineering, materials methods, and suitable biochemical and physicochemical factors to restore, maintain, improve, or replace different types of biological tissues.<unk>  often involves the use of cells placed on tissue scaffolds in the formation of new viable tissue for a medical purpose but is not limited to applications involving cells and tissue scaffolds. While it was once categorized as a sub-field of biomaterials, having grown in scope and importance it can be considered as a field in its own. What<unk>  is and how it works While most definitions of<unk>  cover a broad range of applications, in practice the<unk> rm is closely associated with applications that repair or replace portions of or whole tissues (i.e., bone, cartilage, blood vessels, bladder, skin, muscle etc.). Often, the tissues involved require certain mechanical and structural properties for proper functioning. The<unk> rm has also been applied to efforts to perform specific biochemical functions using cells within an artificially-created support system (e.g. an artificial pancreas, or a bio artificial liver). The<unk> rm regenerative medicine is often used synonymously with<unk> , although those involved in regenerative medicine place more emphasis on the use of stem cells or progenitor cells to produce tissues.
Tissue engineering
Neural tissue engineering
Neural engineering
Transplant engineering
Cell therapy
Biological engineering
Regenerative medicine
Nano-scaffold