Principles of Biomaterials Encapsulation

Principles of Biomaterials Encapsulation: Volume Two provides an expansive and in-depth resource covering the key principles, biomaterials, techniques and applications of encapsulation in translational medicine. The book details the various biomaterials available for encapsulation, including polymers, natural and synthetic biomaterials, porous materials, and more. The advantages and disadvantages of conventional and contemporary biomaterials for encapsulations are reviewed, along with advice on the most effective materials for both shell and core. The final part of the book describes a broad range of applications in regenerative medicine, uniquely bringing encapsulation into the worlds of translational medicine and tissue engineering.

This book enables readers to learn about the pros and cons of different biomaterials for encapsulation, as well as how they can be utilized in many bodily systems and tissues, such as the respiratory, digestive, endocrine and cardiovascular systems. Written and edited by well-versed materials scientists with extensive clinical, biomedical and regenerative medicine experience, this book offers a deeply interdisciplinary look at encapsulation in translational medicine.

• Details the various biomaterials available for encapsulation, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of conventional and contemporary biomaterials for encapsulations
• Describes a broad range of applications in regenerative medicine, uniquely bringing encapsulation into the worlds of translational medicine and tissue engineering
• Written and edited by well-versed materials scientists with extensive clinical, biomedical and regenerative medicine experience, offering an interdisciplinary approach

Dr Farshid Sefat is Director and Programme Leader in Clinical Engineering and Associate Professor in Regenerative Medicine at the University of Bradford (UK). He previously served as Head of the Biomedical Engineering Department at King Faisal University (Saudi Arabia), and as a Visiting Professor at Stevens Institute of Technology (New Jersey, USA). He completed his postdoctoral research in corneal tissue engineering at the University of Sheffield (UK), and received his PhD and BEng degrees in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Bradford (UK). His research focuses on the development of biomaterials to control cellular behaviour, with particular emphasis on engineered materials for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications. He is an author of more than 150 peer-reviewed journal articles, editorials and review papers, and more than 100 book chapters and edited books. He serves on the editorial boards of and as a reviewer for numerous international journals in biomaterials, regenerative medicine, tissue engineering, biomedical engineering and related fields. His research expertise includes aesthetic medicine, breast reconstruction, and skin and corneal regenerative medicine.

Dr. Gholamali Farzi is a Professor of Polymer Engineering at Faculty of Engineering in Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran, where he is teaching polymer engineering and polymer composite materials for students in Ph.D. and MSc level. Dr. Farzi obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Lyon (France) in 2007, then he completed his post-doctoral fellowship in University of Lyon 1. Dr Farzi doing extensive research in the field of polymer encapsulation and he has very close collaboration with French universities.

Dr. Masoud Mozafari is a Fellow at Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Health Hospital, University of Toronto. He was previously Assistant Professor and Director of the Bioengineering Lab, at the Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Department, Materials and Energy Research Center, Cellular and Molecular Research Center, and Department of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine of the Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Tehran, Iran. Dr. Mozafari’s research interests range across biomaterials, nanotechnology, and tissue engineering, and he is known for the development of strategies for the treatment of damaged tissues and organs, and controlling biological substances for targeted delivery into the human body. Dr. Mozafari has received several awards, including the Khwarizmi Award and the Julia Polak European Doctorate Award for outstanding translational research contributions to the field of biomaterials. He has also received the WIPO Medal for Inventors from The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), in recognition of his contributions to economic and technological development. Dr. Mozafari is currently working on the editorial board of several journals.