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Download or read book New Materials and Technologies for Healthcare written by L. L. Hench and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2012 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ch. 1. 21st century challenges for biomaterials / Larry L. Hench -- ch. 2. Stem cell technology: hope or hype? / Larry L. Hench and Julian R. Jones -- ch. 3. Bioactive materials for gene control / Larry L. Hench -- ch. 4. Nanoparticles for novel healthcare therapeutics / Sudipta Seal [und weitere] -- ch. 5. Glass microspheres for cancer treatment / Delbert E. Day -- ch. 6. Bioactive glasses and angiogenesis / Alejandro A. Gorustovich, Luis A. Haro Durand, Aldo R. Boccaccini -- ch. 7. Clinical applications of bioactive glasses for maxillo-facial repair / Ian Thompson -- ch. 8. Clinical applications of bioactive glass-ceramics / Takao Yamamuro -- ch. 9. Hierarchical porous scaffolds for bone regeneration / Julian R. Jones -- ch. 10. Cartilage regeneration / Adam C. Grochowski and MIchael B. Fenn -- ch. 11. Hydrogels for tissue engineering of articular cartilage / Javier S. Castro -- ch. 12. Total knee replacements / Jason Wertz -- ch. 13. Total hip replacement / Kim Elshot Alvarez -- ch. 14. Bioactive surfaces for total hip prosthesis / Takao Yamamuro -- ch. 15. Artificial skin and wound dressings / Krystle Placencio [und weitere] -- ch. 16. Degenerative disc disease in the lumbar spine / Russell Beal -- ch. 17. Shoulder repair / Shane D. Smith -- ch. 18. Drug-eluting stents: worth the risk? / Adam Estelle -- ch. 19. Treating aortic aneurysms / Rochellee Manygoats -- ch. 20. Abdominal aortic aneurysms: treatment and repair / John Ashton -- ch. 21. Heart valve stenosis and surgical repair: present and future / Scott Cooper -- ch. 22. Prosthetic vascular grants for treatment of peripheral arterial disease / Margo Ellis -- ch. 23. Small-diameter vascular grafts / Kyle Marr -- ch. 24. Spinal cord repair: current methods and limitations / Julie Lockwood -- ch. 25. Spinal cord repair for paraplegics / Jeffrey Calhoun -- ch. 26. Brain-machine interfaces / Matthew Goodman -- ch. 27. Stem cell research for treatment of Parkinson's disease / Colleen Young and Michael B. Fenn -- ch. 28. Tissue engineering for corneal regeneration / Ayyasamy Aruchamy -- ch. 29. Development of Lasik: laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis -- ch. 30. Hearing devices: experiencing a world of sound / Savannah Burnside -- ch. 31. Glass-ceramic dental restorations / Wolfram Holand and Volker M. Rheinberger -- ch. 32. Pain-desensitizing dental materials / David C. Greenspan -- ch. 33. Ethical considerations in biomaterials research and development / Mrinal K. Musiband and Subrata Saha -- ch. 34. The ending / Larry L. Hench