Regenerative medicine technologies applied to transplant medicine. An update

A Petrosyan, F Montali, A Peloso, A Citro… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Regenerative medicine (RM) is changing how we think and practice transplant medicine. In
regenerative medicine, the aim is to develop and employ methods to regenerate, restore or …

Bioengineering the gut: future prospects of regenerative medicine

KN Bitar, E Zakhem - Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 2016 - nature.com
Functions of the gastrointestinal tract include motility, digestion and absorption of nutrients.
These functions are mediated by several specialized cell types including smooth muscle …

Biomechanical properties of an implanted engineered tubular gut‐sphincter complex

E Zakhem, M El Bahrawy, G Orlando… - Journal of tissue …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Neuromuscular diseases of the gut alter the normal motility patterns. Although surgical
intervention remains the standard treatment, preservation of the sphincter attached to the …

[PDF][PDF] CHAPTER IX: BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF AN IMPLANTED ENGINEERED TUBULAR GUT-SPHINCTER COMPLEX

E Zakhem - BIOENGINEERING CHITOSAN-BASED …, 2016 - wakespace.lib.wfu.edu
Introduction: Neuro-muscular diseases of the gut alter the normal motility patterns. Even
though surgical intervention remains the standard treatment, preservation of the sphincter …