Authors:Elisa Eiseman, Susanne B. Haga,
Publisher: Rand Publishing
Keywords: tissue, human, samples, resource, sources, handbook, national
Number of Pages: 233
Published: 2000-02-08
List price: $32.50
ISBN-10: 0833027662
ISBN-13: 9780833027665

To date, no central database captures information about stored tissue samples. This handbook serves as a national resource, to bring together for the first time, in a single document, information about tissue storage in the United States. It provides information about several aspects of stored tissue samples, such as how many samples exist in the United States, where they are, who has access to them, and for what purposes they are used. A conservative estimate from the tissue collections described in this book is that more than 307 million specimens from more than 178 million cases are stored

Authors:Kyriacos Athanasiou, Jerry Hu, Eric Darling,
Publisher: Morgan & Claypool Publishers
Keywords: engineering, tissue, lectures, synthesis, cartilage, articular
Number of Pages: 182
Published: 2009-11-05
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 1598298755
ISBN-13: 9781598298758

Cartilage injuries in children and adolescents are increasingly observed, with roughly 20% of knee injuries in adolescents requiring surgery. In the US alone, costs of osteoarthritis (OA) are in excess of $65 billion per year (both medical costs and lost wages). Comorbidities are common with OA and are also costly to manage. Articular cartilage’s low friction and high capacity to bear load makes it critical in the movement of one bone against another, and its lack of a sustained natural healing response has necessitated a plethora of therapies. Tissue engineering is an emerging technolog

Authors:Alejanro J. Almarza, Michael S. Detamore, Kerem N. K
Publisher: Morgan and Claypool Publishers
Keywords: tissue, engineering, synthesis, lectures, joint, temporomandibular, cartilage
Number of Pages: 122
Published: 2009-06-29
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 1598299964
ISBN-13: 9781598299960

The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is a site of intense morbidity for millions of people, especially young, pre-menopausal women. Central to TMJ afflictions are the cartilaginous tissues of the TMJ, especially those of the disc and condylar cartilage, which play crucial roles in normal function of this unusual joint. Damage or disease to these tissues significantly impacts a patient’s quality of life by making common activities such as talking and eating difficult and painful. Unfortunately, these tissues have limited ability to heal, necessitating the development of treatments for repair

Author: Leon Chaitow
Publisher: Healing Arts Pre
Keywords: soft, tissue, dysfunction, activity, treatment, reflex, guide, manipulation, practitioner, diagnosis
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 1987-04-01
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0892812761
ISBN-13: 9780892812769

Dr. Chaitow provides practitioners and students with a working knowledge of the diagnostic and therapeutic use of neuro-muscular, muscle energy and strain-counterstrain techniques, and covers a number of additional individual techniques and systems involving reflex points and trigger points.

Authors:Xiadou Wang, Jeffrey S. Nyman, Michael Reyes, Xuan
Publisher: Morgan and Claypool Publisher
Keywords: engineering, tissue, lectures, synthesis, biomechanics, fundamental
Number of Pages: 230
Published: 2010-01-20
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1608451690
ISBN-13: 9781608451692

This eight-chapter monograph intends to present basic principles and applications of biomechanics in bone tissue engineering in order to assist tissue engineers in design and use of tissue-engineered products for repair and replacement of damaged/deformed bone tissues. Briefly, Chapter 1 gives an overall review of biomechanics in the field of bone tissue engineering. Chapter 2 provides detailed information regarding the composition and architecture of bone. Chapter 3 discusses the current methodologies for mechanical testing of bone properties (i.e., elastic, plastic, damage/fracture, viscoela

Author: Joint Committee on the Human Tissue and Embryos (D
Publisher: TSO (The Stationery Office)
Keywords: house, lords, papers, evidence, bill, tissue, embryos, draft, human
Number of Pages: 493
Published: 2007-08-08
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0104011432
ISBN-13: 9780104011430

Author: Department of Health
Publisher: TSO (The Stationery Office)
Keywords: draft, embryos, tissue, including, research, establishment, authority, embryo, regulatory, assisted, bill, revised, legislation, human, reproduction
Number of Pages: 243
Published: 2007-05-17
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0101708726
ISBN-13: 9780101708722