TY - CHAP AU - Katsuko S Furukawa AU - Masato Sato AU - Toshihiro Nagai Stephanie Ting AU - Joji Mochida AU - Takashi Ushida ED - Daniel Eberli Y1 - 2010-03-01 PY - 2010 T1 - Scaffold-free Cartilage Tissue by Mechanical Stress Loading for Tissue Engineering N2 - The Tissue Engineering approach has major advantages over traditional organ transplantation and circumvents the problem of organ shortage. Tissues that closely match the patient’s needs can be reconstructed from readily available biopsies and subsequently be implanted with minimal or no immunogenicity. This eventually conquers several limitations encountered in tissue transplantation approaches. This book serves as a good starting point for anyone interested in the application of Tissue Engineering. It offers a colorful mix of topics, which explain the obstacles and possible solutions for TE applications. BT - Tissue Engineering SP - Ch. 20 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/8591 DO - 10.5772/8591 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-20 ER -