FEATURES AND STRATEGIES FOR SCAFFOLD DESIGN AND PRODUCTION FOR TISSUE ENGINEERING

Failure or loss of human tissues and organs due to illness or injury requires the partial or even total transplantation. Although transplantation is a successful intervention, donor availability and immune rejections represent still the main drawbacks. In addition, the fast and proper recovery of the patient is nowadays more than necessary to prevent infection, chronic inflammation, and other complications during the tissue/organ healing process. There is still a tremendous interest of alternatives to transplantation, such as scaffold-based tissue engineering, that may contribute to practical ...

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