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Tissue engineering is essentially a technique for imitating nature. Natural tissues consist of th... more Tissue engineering is essentially a technique
for imitating nature. Natural tissues consist of three components:
cells, signalling systems (e.g. growth factors) and
extracellular matrix (ECM). The ECM forms a scaffold for
its cells. Hence, the engineered tissue construct is an artificial
scaffold populated with living cells and signalling
molecules. A huge effort has been invested in bone tissue
engineering, in which a highly porous scaffold plays a
critical role in guiding bone and vascular tissue growth and
regeneration in three dimensions. In the last two decades,
numerous scaffolding techniques have been developed to
fabricate highly interconnective, porous scaffolds for bone
tissue engineering applications. This review provides an
update on the progress of foaming technology of biomaterials,
with a special attention being focused on computeraided
manufacturing (Andrade et al. 2002) techniques. This
article starts with a brief introduction of tissue engineering
(Bone tissue engineering and scaffolds) and scaffolding
materials (Biomaterials used in bone tissue engineering).
After a brief reviews on conventional scaffolding techniques
(Conventional scaffolding techniques), a number of
CAM techniques are reviewed in great detail. For each
Tissue engineering is essentially a technique for imitating nature. Natural tissues consist of th... more Tissue engineering is essentially a technique
for imitating nature. Natural tissues consist of three components:
cells, signalling systems (e.g. growth factors) and
extracellular matrix (ECM). The ECM forms a scaffold for
its cells. Hence, the engineered tissue construct is an artificial
scaffold populated with living cells and signalling
molecules. A huge effort has been invested in bone tissue
engineering, in which a highly porous scaffold plays a
critical role in guiding bone and vascular tissue growth and
regeneration in three dimensions. In the last two decades,
numerous scaffolding techniques have been developed to
fabricate highly interconnective, porous scaffolds for bone
tissue engineering applications. This review provides an
update on the progress of foaming technology of biomaterials,
with a special attention being focused on computeraided
manufacturing (Andrade et al. 2002) techniques. This
article starts with a brief introduction of tissue engineering
(Bone tissue engineering and scaffolds) and scaffolding
materials (Biomaterials used in bone tissue engineering).
After a brief reviews on conventional scaffolding techniques
(Conventional scaffolding techniques), a number of
CAM techniques are reviewed in great detail. For each