ABSTRACT
Since the time immemorial or for millennia, humans have been interested in manipulating things surrounding them to suit their needs, and with the advent of technology their inspiration to modify or alter life has increased. Tissue engineering is one such idea that has been practiced by humans for thousands of years and thus most of the achievements in this field that enthralls us today have its origin thousands of years back. Tissue engineering entitled as a multidisciplinary approach which involves the development and replacement of living tissues and organs for diseases and trauma. It applies the principles of both engineering and biology toward the development of viable substitutes which replace, restores, or improves the damaged, missing, or poorly functioning components of human tissues or organs. The success of skin tissue engineering and its commercialization made scientists to put on interest in expanding the research on tissue engineering and this will be one of the significant fields of science/health in the coming centuries. In this chapter, we discuss about the mechanisms involved in tissue engineering, the role of biomaterials, its fabrication methods, different approaches, current status, and various applications.
