ABSTRACT
Tissue engineering is an interdisciplinary eld that has emerged to address the needs created by a number of interrelated problems including the shortage of donor organs, donor site morbidity, and failure of mechanical devices [1]. These imperfect solutions continue to given great impetus to the relatively new eld that applies the principles of engineering and the life sciences toward developing biological substitutes for the restoration, maintenance, or improvement of tissue function [1]. Most tissue engineering techniques utilize a 3D porous scaffold seeded with cells. These scaffolds play a vital role in the development of new tissue.
