title: Tissue engineering: confronting the transplantation crisis.
abstract: Tissue engineering is the development of biological substitutes and/or the fostering of tissue regeneration/remodelling. It is emerging as a technology which has the potential to confront the crisis in transplantation caused by the shortage of donor tissues and organs. With the development of this technology, ther is emerging a new industry which is at the interface of biotechnology and the traditional medical implant field. For this technology and the associated industry to realize their full potential, there are core, enabling technologies that need to be developed. This is the focus of the Georgia Tech/Emory Center for the Engineering of Living Tissues, newly established in the United States, with an Engineering Research Center Award from the National Science Foundation. With the development of these core technologies, tissue engineering will evolve from an art form to a technology based on science and engineering.
authors.affiliation: Georgia Tech/Emory Center for the Engineering of Living Tissues, Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta 30332-0363, USA.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Nerem
mesh_terms: D001698:Biomedical Engineering / Q000639:trends*; D004465:Economic Competition; D005544:Forecasting; D005845:Georgia; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D019736:Prostheses and Implants / Q000639:trends*; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000600:supply & distribution; D014481:United States