Tissue engineering in the 21st century.
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.
Nasseri
Boris A
BA
Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA.
Vacanti
Joseph P
JP
D006801:Humans; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000639:trends*