Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Grafts In Tissue Engineering

Grafts are the parts of tissue that have been transplanted via surgical methods. Diverse types of grafting include skin grafting, bone grafting, vascular grafting and ligament repair. Skin grafting is a commonly used grafting technique. Wounds, burns and scars have been dealt with this efficiently. Skin cancer also finds its remedy with skin transplantation. Bone transplantation is a bit difficult but well-known process to replace bone damages. In Recent years cardiovascular disease are being combatted with the development of a tissue-engineered vascular graft (TEVG). The various approaches to generate TEVGs are scaffold-based methods and tissue self-assembly processes. The channels for vascular grafting are autologous arteries or veins. Synthetic vascular grafts are also available in the market nowadays.

i.     Wound healing and repair
ii.    Bone replacement
iii.   Cartilage replacement
iv.    Hip replacement

Related Association: Netherlands Society For Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, Swiss Society for Biomaterials + Regenerative medicine, Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Society, UK Society For Biomaterials, Scandinavian Society for Biomaterials, TERMIS-EU (formerly European Tissue Engineering Society).