Tissue or organ transplantation are among the few options available for patients with excessive skin loss, heart
or liver failure, and many common ailments, and the demand for replacement tissue greatly exceeds the supply, even
before one considers the serious constraints of immunological tissue type matching to avoid immune rejection. Tissue
engineering promises to help sidestep constraints on availability and overcome the scientific challenges, with
huge medical benefits. This book lays out the principles of tissue engineering. It will be a useful reference work
for those associated with this field and as a textbook for specialized courses in the subject. It is a companion
volume to Saltzman's OUP book on drug delivery.