Current Trends and Future Developments on (Bio-) Membranes

Membrane Applications in Artificial Organs and Tissue Engineering
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-0-12-814225-7
Verlag: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc

Buch, Englisch, 258 Seiten, Format (B × H): 234 mm x 191 mm, Gewicht: 538 g

Current Trends and Future Developments on (Bio-) Membranes: Membrane Applications in Artificial Organs and Tissue Engineering reports on membrane applications in the field of biomedical engineering, ranging from artificial organs, to tissue engineering. The book offers a comprehensive review of all the current scientific developments and various applications of membranes in this area. It is a key reference text for R&D managers in industry who are interested in the development of artificial and bioartificial organs, as well as academic researchers and postgraduate students working in the wider area of artificial organs and tissue engineering.

Zielgruppe

<p>Academics, post-graduates, researchers, in biochemical engineering, Biotechnology and R&D companies and institutions in the same area. The book is of interest to biotechnology companies and a key reference for R&D managers in biotechnology industry interested in bioseparations, biopurification, bioproduction and drug delivery in artificial organ development</p>

Autoren/Hrsg.

Basile, Angelo

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pharmazie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Zellbiologie
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Biotechnologie
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Chemie Allgemein Pharmazeutische Chemie, Medizinische Chemie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Membrane bioreactors for bio-artificial kidney 2. Membrane bioreactors for bio-artificial Liver 3. Membrane bioreactors for bio-artificial Lung 4. Membrane bioreactors for bio-artificial pancreas 5. Membrane device for blood separation and purification 6. Hematic damage in membrane systems for artificial and bioartificial organs 7. Membrane scaffolds for 3D cell Culture 8. Membrane applications in "Organs on Chip" for drug toxicity testing 9. Membrane fabrication techniques in tissue engineering 10. New cell culture system using an oxygen-permeable membrane 11. Cell separation system by membrane 12. Artificial oxygen carriers

Über Autor(innen)

Basile, Angelo
Angelo Basile, a Chemical Engineer, is a senior Researcher at the ITM-CNR where is responsible of the research related to both the ultra-pure hydrogen production and CO2 capture using Pd-based Membrane Reactors. Basile is also Editor associate of the Int. J. Hydrogen Energy and Editor-in-chief of the Int. J. Membrane Science & Technol. and Editor-in-chief of Membrane Processes (Applications), a section of the international journal Membranes: Basile also prepared 42 special issues on membrane science and technology for many international journals (IJHE, Chem Eng. J., Cat. Today, etc.). He participated to and was/is responsible of many national and international projects on membrane reactors and membrane science. Basile served as Director of the ITM-CNR during the period Dec. 2008 - May 2009. In the last years, he was tutor of 30 Thesis for master and Ph.D. students at the Chemical Engineering Department of the University of Calabria (Italy). From 2014, Basile is Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Processes.