生命科学的新增长点——组织工程

组织工程是应用分子生物学、细胞生物学和工程学的原理 ,研究、开发修复和改善损伤组织和功能的生物替代物的一门科学 ,是继细胞生物学和分子生物学之后 ,生命科学发展史上又一新的里程碑 ,标志着医学将走出器官移植的范畴 ,步入制造组织和器官的新时代。组织工程是在细胞和组织水平上操作的生物工程 ,主要致力于组织和器官的形成和再生 ,它是对外科领域中组织、器官缺损和功能障碍传统治疗方法和模式的一次革命。同时组织工程是一门多学科交叉的边缘学科 ,将是 2 1世纪具有巨大潜力的高技术产业 ,必将产生巨大的社会和经济效益。目前组织工程已得到了迅猛发展 ,在许多方面已取得重大突破 ,由于其所孕育的巨大科学价值及广阔的研究和应用前景 ,成了 2 1世纪生命科学研究领域的焦点之一。因此 ,在国内尽快地建立和开展组织工程研究 。

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