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What is Tissue Engineering?

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  1. What is Tissue Engineering? Definition: A field that applies the principles of engineering and biological sciences to create substitutes for damaged tissue.

  2. What kinds of tissues are being made? • Heart Valves (867 million) • Kidney (8.8 billion dollar industry) • Bones (Thumb) • Ear • Meniscus ($50 billion)

  3. Heart valve

  4. New Valves

  5. Kidney

  6. Bone

  7. Ear

  8. Meniscus

  9. What are biomaterials? Definition: A synthetic material used to replace part of a living system or to function in living tissue usually combined with cells.

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