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components, for example, resorbable polymers, and biological components,
either in the form of whole cells or cell-secreted extracellular matrix. Textile
medical implants also used biodegradable and nonbiodegradable bers.
3.2.6 Tissue Engineering
Tissue engineering uses the principles of biology, chemistry, physics, and
engineering for repair, replacement, and enhancement of biological func-
tions of diseases or ill human body parts through the manipulation of the
cells in their extracellular microenvironment, a combination of cells and
biomaterials. The scaffold cans be ...