Tissue Engineering, just leaving its egg shells behind may well evolve to a major breakthrough in medicine. Progress in material engineering and biology have made it imaginable in short time to replace lost tissue functions and even lost body parts without the artificial and supply problems of transplantation. In a workshop symposium organized by the European Tissue Repair Society in August 1997 leading scientists from engineering, basic sciences and medicine contributed to this book, which specially stresses the importance of matrix materials for tissue reconstruction and wound healing. Starting with skin, an increasing number of groups is rapidly developing substitutes for most tissues which soon will enter clinical practice.

From the contents: Tissue Engineering of Skletal Muscle Using Micropatterned Biomaterials

Chondrocyte-Differentiation in Fibrin-Coating on Polytetrafluorethylene-Membranes
Wound Healing in Surgery
Delivery Systems for Osteoinductive Proteins
The Role of Fibrin Glue as Provisional Matrix in Tendon Healing
Autologous ORS-Keratinocytes in the Therapy of Chronic Leg Ulcers
Transplantation of Autologous Cultured Urothelium Cells onto a Prefabricated Capsule in Rats.