title: Therapeutic cloning and tissue engineering.
abstract: A severe shortage of donor organs available for transplantation in the United States leaves patients suffering from diseased and injured organs with few treatment options. Scientists in the field of tissue engineering apply the principles of cell transplantation, material science, and engineering to construct biological substitutes that will restore and maintain normal function in diseased and injured tissues. Therapeutic cloning, where the nucleus from a donor cell is transferred into an enucleated oocyte in order to extract pluripotent embryonic stem cells, offers a potentially limitless source of cells for tissue engineering applications. The present chapter reviews recent advances that have occurred in therapeutic cloning and tissue engineering and describes applications of these new technologies that may offer novel therapies for patients with end-stage organ failure.
authors.affiliation: Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA.
authors.forename: Chester J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Koh
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Atala
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001698:Biomedical Engineering; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D017690:Cell Transplantation; D019976:Cloning, Organism / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology; D051437:Renal Insufficiency / Q000628:therapy; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial