Con-current Rapid Fire Sessions  5 & 6

Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering: Basic Principles, Processing Methods and Novel Developments 1

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Engineered Cartilage Covered Ear Implants for Auricular Reconstruction

S. Lee, D. Lee, C. Broda, A. Atala, J. J. Yoo;

Wake Forest Inst. for Regenerative Med., Winston-Salem, NC.

258

Generation of Engineered Cartilage Using Chondrocyte/Silk Fibroin Scaffolds

Y. Wang1, A. Motta2, C. Lee1, L. Pelcastre1, E. Bella2, C. Migliaresi2, Z. Schwartz1, B. Boyan1;

1Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 2Univ. of Trento, Trento, ITALY.

259

Bioactive Hybrid Nanomatrix Developed by Electrospun Polycaprolactone and Biomimetic Self-Assembled Peptide Amphiphiles

A. Tambralli, B. A. Blakeney, J. M. Anderson, M. Kushwaha, D. R. Dean, H-W. Jun;

Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.

260

Oxygen Generating Biomaterials for Improving Engineered Tissue Survival

B. S. Harrison, C. L. Ward, D. Eberli, S. Oh, J. J. Yoo;

Wake Forest Univ., Winston Salem, NC.

261

Development of axially-aligned scaffolds for optimization of neural regeneration

J. M. Saul, J. B. Scott;

Wake Forest Univ. Hlth.Sci., Winston-Salem, NC.

262

Rapid Fabrication of Growth Factor Releasing, Anisotropic and Elastic Scaffolds for Soft Tissue Engineering

F. Wang, Z. Li, J. Guan;

Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH.

263

The Collagen Matrix of Human Dermis: Mechanical and Histological Characterization

R. M. Hernandez, J. A. Faleris, A. F. Poniatowski, D. C. Greenspan;

RTI Biologics, Alachua, FL.

264

Electrical modulation of bone cell activity through biodegradable heparin-doped conductive substrate

S. MENG;

Ctr. de recherche, Hôpital St-François d’Assise, CHUQ,, Quebec City, QC, CANADA.

265

Human Osteoblast Culture on TGF-B Coated Polycaprolactone Scaffolds in Dexamethasone Conditioned Media

B. Zhu1, S. R. Bailey2, C. M. Agrawal1;

1The Univ. of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 2The Univ. of Texas Hlth.Sci. Ctr. at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX.

266

Bioscaffold Engineering: A Method for Growing Extracellular Matrix Materials Using Human Cells

J. C. Wolchok, P. A. Tresco;

Univeristy of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.

Advances in Therapeutic Delivery

267

Hydrogels modified with carbohydrates for oral protein delivery

M. A. Phillips, N. A. Peppas;

The Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX.

268

Combinatorial Evaluation of Protein Release and Stabilization from Polyanhydride Film Libraries

L. Petersen, C. Sackett, B. Narasimhan;

Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA.

269

in vitro and in vivo Studies of Silica Xerogels for the Controlled Release of Bupivacaine

H. Qu1, S. Radin1, D. Devore2, A. Cowan3, P. Ducheyne1, S. Inan3;

1Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2Rutgers, The State Univ. of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, 3Temple Univ., Philadelphia, PA.

270

Development of food derivative therapeutic ellagic acid-chitosan based delivery system.

S. Kim, Y. Yang, M. Gaber, X. Zhang;

Univ. of Tennessee Hlth.Sci. Ctr., Memphis, TN.

271

Attachment of Dexamethasone to Stainless Steel for Stents using Self Assembled Monolayers

W. Fan1, D. M. Johnson1, D. Marton2, M. D. Feldman2, M. Agrawal1;

1Univ. of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 2Univ. of Texas Hlth.Sci. Ctr. at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX.

272

Nanocarrier Therapy for Inhibition of Invasion of Glioma into the Brain

J. Munson, R. Bellamkonda, J. Arbiser;

Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA.

273

Enhanced Systemic Delivery of siRNA via Chitosan-Imidazole Acetic Acid Conjugates

B. Ghosn, A. Singh, K. Roy;

Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX.

274

A Metal-Polymer Nanosystem for Combined Chemotherapeutic and Photothermal Cancer Treatment

K. Homan, L. Brannon-Peppas, S. Emelianov;

Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX.

275

Palmitoylation of pro-apoptotic peptide leads to its internalization by SJSA1 cells and its endosomal localization

D. Missirlis, B. Ananthanarayanan, M. Kastantin, M. Tirrell;

Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA.

276

Ultrasonic Drug Delivery to Tumors Via Stealth Liposomes

W. G. Pitt1, G. A. Husseini2, B. L. Roeder1, P. Jones1;

1Brigham Young Univ., Provo, UT, 2American Univ. of Sharjah, Sharjah, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.