Abstract
Studies using biotechnology-derived biomaterials have resulted in enormous breakthroughs for application to the repair, reconstruction, and regeneration of human living tissue. In fact, this field has come to be called "tissue engineering". These materials are capable of establishing the structure and controlling the function in a predesigned manner by interacting with cells that are incorporated into the medical product and/or with the host cells and tissue. Practically all human tissue is capable of being repaired by tissue-engineered products, with different degrees of success with some having reached clinical use.
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