Regenerative Engineering

Cato T. Laurencin · Yusuf Khan

2013년 6월 · CRC Press

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Distinct from tissue engineering, which focuses primarily on the repair of tissues, regenerative engineering focuses on the regeneration of tissues: creating living, functional tissue that has the ability to replace organs that are dysfunctional. The challenge of working in an area like regenerative engineering lies, in part, in the breadth of info

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Cato T. Laurencin, MD, PhD, earned his BSE in chemical engineering from Princeton University, his PhD in biochemical engineering/biotechnology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and his MD magna cum laude from Harvard Medical School. Dr. Laurencin is currently the chief executive officer of the Connecticut Institute for Clinical and Translational Science and director of the Institute for Regenerative Engineering at the University of Connecticut. He previously served as the vice president for health affairs and dean of the School of Medicine. He is a university professor and holds the Van Dusen Endowed Chair in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.

Yusuf Khan

, PhD, earned his master's degree and PhD from Drexel University in biomedical engineering. He is currently an assistant professor at the Institute for Regenerative Engineering and the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Connecticut Health Center. He has an appointment in the Department of Chemical, Materials, and Biomolecular Engineering and is part of the Department of Biomedical Engineering within the School of Engineering at the University of Connecticut. His research interests include musculoskeletal tissue regeneration using implantable biodegradable scaffolds, development of composite structures for bone regeneration, and the development of clinically relevant healing modalities using ultrasound.