Heart Regeneration

Heart Regeneration
Author: Felix B. Engel
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 393
Release: 2012
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9814299804

This title presents the major advances of the last decade in the field of cardiac regeneration.

Cardiac Regeneration

Cardiac Regeneration
Author: Masaki Ieda
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2017-10-27
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3319561065

This Volume of the series Cardiac and Vascular Biology offers a comprehensive and exciting, state-of-the-art work on the current options and potentials of cardiac regeneration and repair. Several techniques and approaches have been developed for heart failure repair: direct injection of cells, programming of scar tissue into functional myocardium, and tissue-engineered heart muscle support. The book introduces the rationale for these different approaches in cell-based heart regeneration and discusses the most important considerations for clinical translation. Expert authors discuss when, why, and how heart muscle can be salvaged. The book represents a valuable resource for stem cell researchers, cardiologists, bioengineers, and biomedical scientists studying cardiac function and regeneration.

Cardiac Regeneration and Repair

Cardiac Regeneration and Repair
Author: Ren-Ke Li
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 509
Release: 2014-02-17
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0857096710

Cardiac Regeneration and Repair, Volume Two reviews the use of biomaterials, alone or combined with cell therapy, in providing tissue-engineered constructs to repair the injured heart and prevent or reverse heart failure. Part one explores the variety of biomaterials available for cardiac repair, including nanomaterials and hydrogels. Further chapters explore the use of biomaterials to enhance stem cell therapy for restoring ventricular function and generating stem cell-modified intravascular stents. Part two focuses on tissue engineering for cardiac repair, including chapters on decellularized biologic scaffolds, synthetic scaffolds, cell sheet engineering, maturation of functional cardiac tissue patches, vascularized engineered tissues for in vivo and in vitro applications, and clinical considerations for cardiac tissue engineering. Finally, part three explores vascular remodeling, including chapters highlighting aortic extracellular matrix remodeling, cell-biomaterial interactions for blood vessel formation, and stem cells for tissue-engineered blood vessels. Cardiac Regeneration and Repair, Volume Two is complemented by an initial volume covering pathology and therapies. Together, the two volumes of Cardiac Regeneration and Repair provide a comprehensive resource for clinicians, scientists, or academicians fascinated with cardiac regeneration, including those interested in cell therapy, tissue engineering, or biomaterials. - Surveys the variety of biomaterials available for cardiac repair, including nanomaterials and hydrogels. - Focuses on tissue engineering for cardiac repair including clinical considerations for cardiac tissue engineering - Explores vascular remodeling, highlighting aortic extracellular matrix remodeling, cell-biomaterial interactions for blood vessel formation, and stem cells for tissue-engineered blood vessels

Innovative Medicine

Innovative Medicine
Author: Kazuwa Nakao
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2015-10-13
Genre: Science
ISBN: 4431556516

This book is devoted to innovative medicine, comprising the proceedings of the Uehara Memorial Foundation Symposium 2014. It remains extremely rare for the findings of basic research to be developed into clinical applications, and it takes a long time for the process to be achieved. The task of advancing the development of basic research into clinical reality lies with translational science, yet the field seems to struggle to find a way to move forward. To create innovative medical technology, many steps need to be taken: development and analysis of optimal animal models of human diseases, elucidation of genomic and epidemiological data, and establishment of “proof of concept”. There is also considerable demand for progress in drug research, new surgical procedures, and new clinical devices and equipment. While the original research target may be rare diseases, it is also important to apply those findings more broadly to common diseases. The book covers a wide range of topics and is organized into three complementary parts. The first part is basic research for innovative medicine, the second is translational research for innovative medicine, and the third is new technology for innovative medicine. This book helps to understand innovative medicine and to make progress in its realization.

Heart Regeneration: Stem Cells And Beyond

Heart Regeneration: Stem Cells And Beyond
Author: Felix B Engel
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 393
Release: 2012-03-22
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9814465259

Injured mammalian hearts do not regenerate but scar. This is a major medical problem, as ischemic heart disease is among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Essential clues for human heart repair are uncovered when zebrafish and newt are found to regenerate cardiac muscle after injury.This book presents the major advances of the last decade in the field of cardiac regeneration. These recent advances include: demonstration that zebrafish, a genetically tractable system, can regenerate heart; the identification of several new stem cell populations in the heart; demonstration that stem cells can be used to improve heart function; and demonstration that induction of cardiomyocyte proliferation is a realistic future option to repair injured hearts. This book also provides detailed reviews of the research on model organisms capable of heart regeneration as well as innovative translational research to achieve regeneration in mammals, that comprises work on blood born stem cells, endogenous cardiac stem cells, paracrine factors, reawakening of cardiomyocyte proliferation, and bioengineering. More importantly, the book, in the concluding chapter, dovetails the studies with a comprehensive overview of clinical trials.

Cardiomyocytes in Health and Disease

Cardiomyocytes in Health and Disease
Author: Chandrasekharan C. Kartha
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2021-09-13
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3030855368

This book is a treatise on cardiomyocytes, the most important cell for the contractile function of the heart. There has been significant progress in our understanding of the function-related structure, developmental processes and their determinants, mechanisms of cell cycle regulation, post-natal growth, energy metabolism, and reversible and irreversible response of cardiomyocytes to diverse forms of physiological stress and injury. There is also more clarity on the alterations in the biological mechanisms in cardiomyocytes that lead to pathological states and the changes in the cells that occur secondary to disease conditions. Thanks to these advances in knowledge, there have been great gains in attempts to identify disease biomarkers and therapeutic targets for better management of patients with heart diseases. Possibilities to induce regeneration or proliferation of cardiomyocytes and thus repair and or regenerate the damaged heart are also on the horizon.

Heart Flame Healing

Heart Flame Healing
Author: Karin Inana
Publisher: Balboa Press
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2018-12-30
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1982214775

Perhaps you are a spiritual seeker of knowledge, looking for the keys to your personal healing. Maybe you wish to know the workings of your aura and chakra system, or you yearn to fulfill the unique purpose of your life and forge a lasting relationship with your spiritual, multidimensional support team. This guide can help. Heart Flame Healing offers you the opportunity for a divine adventure that will help you move from deeply felt longing to the realization of your inner heart’s dream. Author Karin Inana unveils a journey of spiritual healing by sharing her own story and extending an invitation to you to join her along the way. Through her personal narrative, she teaches the workings of auras, chakras, the hara, and the radiant core star dimension. Inana decodes the mystery of spiritual healing, guiding your individual contact with your own multidimensional support team; once you claim your radiant core essence, you can begin to heal from the inside out. This guide and memoir provides a blueprint for a self-healing journey from longing to fulfillment, presenting practical information in a helpful and inspiring way.

Electrospinning for Tissue Regeneration

Electrospinning for Tissue Regeneration
Author: L Bosworth
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 425
Release: 2011-06-21
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 085709291X

Electrospinning is a simple and highly versatile method for generating ultrathin fibres with diameters ranging from a few micrometres to tens of nanometres. Although most commonly associated with textile manufacturing, recent research has proved that the electrospinning technology can be used to create organ components and repair damaged tissues. Electrospinning for tissue regeneration provides a comprehensive overview of this innovative approach to tissue repair and regeneration and examines how it is being employed within the biomaterials sector.The book opens with an introduction to the fundamentals of electrospinning. Chapters go on to discuss polymer chemistry, the electrospinning process, conditions, control and regulatory issues. Part two focuses specifically on electrospinning for tissue regeneration and investigates its uses in bone, cartilage, muscle, tendon, nerve, heart valve, bladder, tracheal, dental and skin tissue regeneration before concluding with a chapter on wound dressings. Part three explores electrospinning for in vitro applications. Chapters discuss cell culture systems for kidney, pancreatic and stem cell research.With its distinguished editors and international team of expert contributors, Electrospinning for tissue regeneration is a valuable reference tool for those in academia and industry concerned with research and development in the field of tissue repair and regeneration. - Provides a comprehensive overview of this innovative approach to tissue repair and regeneration covering issues from polymer chemistry to the regulatory process - Examines employment within the biomaterials sector, reviewing extensive applications in areas such as uses in bone, muscle tendon, heart valve and tissue regeneration - Explores electrospinning for in vitro applications and discusses cell culture systems for kidney, pancreatic and stem cell research