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Ethical Issues in Tissue Engineering

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Fundamentals of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

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Tissue Engineering (or regenerative medicine) is a rapidly developing field of research pursued by very different branches of medicine. The most results are published by orthopedists [28] and cardiologists, but meanwhile, there is nearly no special subject that does not investigate in this area. Furthermore, there is a multitude of methods and techniques that are involved in tissue engineering. Therefore, it is difficult to define or to describe the scope of “tissue engineering” in one sentence.

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  1. Institut für Ethik, Geschichte und Theorie der Medizin, Universitätsklinik Münster, Von-Esmarch-Straße 62, 48149, Münster, Germany

    Petra Gelhaus

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  1. Clinic for Maxillofacial and Plastic Facial Surgery, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany

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  2. Department of Experimental Maxillofacial Surgery, Biomineralisation and Tissue Engineering Group, University of Münster, Waldeyerstraße 30, 48149, Münster, Germany

    Hans Peter Wiesmann

  3. Department of Internal Medicine – Cardiology, University Hospital Marburg, Baldingerstraße 1, 35033, Marburg, Germany

    Thomas Meyer

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Gelhaus, P. (2009). Ethical Issues in Tissue Engineering. In: Meyer, U., Handschel, J., Wiesmann, H., Meyer, T. (eds) Fundamentals of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77755-7_3

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