title: Tissue engineering in the 21st century.
abstract: Traumatic and end-stage organ loss or tissue damage remains a devastating issue for everyone, and a major problem for millions of patients. It has been estimated that each year in the United States more than 8 million surgical operations are performed to solve these health problems.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA.
authors.forename: Boris A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Nasseri
authors.forename: Joseph P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Vacanti
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000639:trends*