Bioartificial Liver Assist System: Tissue Engineering Challenges | BAL Assist System: TE Challenges

Muhammad Enamul Hoque

ISBN 10: 3838314603 / ISBN 13: 9783838314600

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2010

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Bioartificial Liver Assist System: Tissue Engineering Challenges | BAL Assist System: TE Challenges | Muhammad Enamul Hoque | Taschenbuch | 132 S. | Englisch | 2010 | LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing | EAN 9783838314600 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bioartificial Liver Assist System: Tissue Engineering Challenges | BAL Assist System: TE Challenges
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3838314603
• ISBN 13: 9783838314600
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 9D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 9 millimeters depth
• Weight: 215 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Conventionally, the patients with diseased/damaged liver are treated with liver transplantation. However, the donor scarcity remains the fundamental issue with such treatment. This has led to the development of bioartificial liver assist devices to bridge patients until they either recover or receive liver transplant. In the development of bioartificial liver assist devices, configuration of the bioreactor that consists of cultured hepatocytes within solid substrate known as scaffold, is considered to be one of the major challenges. This book reports the development of a novel hybrid fibrous scaffold for bioartificial liver assist devices incorporating polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fibers onto the hollow polysulfone capillary tube by means of modern textile (braiding) technology. The hybrid scaffold provides smooth flow of the fluid into the hollow tube, and higher level of cell anchorage within the fibrous outer surface. This book aims to provide assistance to researchers, engineers, medical surgeons and academics associated with liver tissue engineering.