ABSTRACT

The emerging field of tissue engineering represents the combination of concepts and ideas from several disciplinary areas such as biology sciences, engineering, material science and the clinical procedures (Vacanti & Langer, 1999). Different applications are being developed and tested in clinical trials, all of them aiming to restore, maintain or create new tissues to implant on patients suffering of tissue loss or damage (Liu et al, 2013). Three main key factors involves the engineering o new tissues, regarding if it is bone, cartilage, blood vessels or liver (Ellis, M. et al, 2005).