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BME 348: Applications of Regenerative Engineering


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Prerequisites

BIOL_SCI 201 or 202

Description

Fundamentals of human disorders; engineering aspects of regenerative medicine; application of regenerative engineering to human disease.

Who Takes It?

This course is designed for senior undergraduate and graduate students.

What It's About

Fundamentals of human disorders; engineering aspects of regenerative medicine; application of regenerative engineering to human disease.

Mini-Syllabus

  • Engineering aspects of regenerative medicine
  • Genetic human disorders
  • Environmental factor-induced human disorders
  • Principles of engineering-based treatment of human disease
  • Brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerve injury
  • Stroke
  • Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease
  • Corneal injury
  • Glaucoma
  • Heart attack
  • Valvular heart disorders
  • Atherosclerosis
  • Aneurysm
  • Liver injury and cirrhosis
  • Diabetes
  • Kidney injury
  • Skin injury
  • Bone injury

Textbook

Shu Q. Liu, Bioregenerative Engineering: Principles and Applications, Wiley Interscience, New Jersey, 2007.

Shu Q. Liu, Cardiovascular Engineering: A Protective Approach, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2020.

Syllabus