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| | Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology (NSF 99-21) |
 | | Engineers, or small groups of engineers and life scientists, are encouraged to apply. |
 | | Tissue Engineering is the application of the principles and methods of engineering and life sciences toward the fundamental understanding of structure-function relationships in normal and pathological mammalian tissues, and the development of biological substitutes to restore tissues. |
 | | Controlled synthesis of living tissue, therefore, appears to be a promising endeavor where engineering approaches provide possible short and long term applications involving a wide spectrum of tissues, including, but not limited to, skin, bone, blood vessels, liver cells, pancreatic islet cells, cartilage, nerve cells, bone marrow, and blood components. |
| www.nsf.gov /pubs/1999/nsf9921/nsf9921.htm (1089 words) |
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