

A further description goes on to say that an "underlying supposition of tissue engineering is that the employment of natural biology of the system will allow for greater success in developing therapeutic strategies aimed at the replacement, repair, maintenance, or enhancement of tissue function". Tissue engineering has also been defined as "understanding the principles of tissue growth, and applying this to produce functional replacement tissue for clinical use". In addition, Langer and Vacanti also state that there are three main types of tissue engineering: cells, tissue-inducing substances, and a cells + matrix approach (often referred to as a scaffold). Micro-mass cultures of C3H-10T1/2 cells at varied oxygen tensions stained with Alcian blueĪ commonly applied definition of tissue engineering, as stated by Langer and Vacanti, is "an interdisciplinary field that applies the principles of engineering and life sciences toward the development of biological substitutes that restore, maintain, or improve function or a whole organ". 9 Constructing neural networks in soft material.6.2.10 Self-assembled recombinant spider silk nanomembranes.6.2.6 Thermally induced phase separation.6.2.3 Solvent casting and particulate leaching.3.3 Modern era (20th and 21st centuries).

3.2 Enlightenment (17th century–19th century).
