Applications of Cell Immobilisation Biotechnology

PART 1 – TISSUE ENGINEERING Bio-artificial organs: The example of artificial pancreas by Claudio Nastruzzi, Giovanni Luca, Giuseppe Basta and Riccardo Calafiore Bioartificial pancreas: an update by Ales Prokop and Jeffrey M. Davidson Bioartificial skin by Barbara Zavan, Roberta Cortivo, Paola Brun, Carolin Tonello and Giovanni Abatangelo Bioartificial liver by Clare Selden Tissue-engineered blood vessels and the future of tissue substitutes by Lucie Germain, Karina Laflamme and François A. Auger Tissue engineering of cartilage and myocardium by Bojana Obradovic, Milica Radisic and Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic Tissue engineered heart by Kristyn S. Masters and Brenda K. Mann Bone tissue engineering by Pankaj Sharma, Sarah Cartmell and Alicia J. El Haj Stem cells – potential for tissue engineering by M. Minhaj Siddiqui and Anthony Atala PART 2 - MICROENCAPSULATION FOR DISEASE TREATMENT Challenges in cell encapsulation by Gorka Orive, Rosa Mª Hernández, Alicia R. Gascón and José Luis Pedraz Protein therapeutic delivery using encapsulated cell platform by Marcelle Machluf Cell encapsulation therapy for malignant gliomas by Anne Mari Rokstad, Rolf Bjerkvig, Terje Espevik and Morten Lund-Johansen Gene therapy using encapsulated cells by Gonzalo Hortelano Artificial cells for blood substitutes, enzyme therapy, cell therapy and drug delivery by Thomas Ming Swi Chang PART 3 - FOOD AND BEVERAGE APPLICATIONS Beer production using immobilised cells by Viktor Nedovic, Ronnie Willaert, Ida Leskošek-Cukalovic, Bojana Obradovic and Branko Bugarski Application of immobilisation technology to cider production: a review by Alain Durieux, Xavier Nicolay and Jean-Paul Simon Wine production by immobilised cell systems by Charles Divies and Remy Cachon Immobilised cell technologies for the dairyindustry by Christophe Lacroix, Franck Grattepanche, Yann Doleyres and Dirk Bergmaier Food bioconversions and metabolite production by P. Heather Pilkington Immobilised-cell technology and meat processing by Linda Saucier and Claude P. Champagne Bioflavouring of foods and beverages by Ronnie Willaert, Hubert Verachtert, Karen Van Den Bremt, Freddy Delvaux and Guy Derdelinckx PART 4 - INDUSTRIAL BIOCHEMICAL PRODUCTION Production of ethanol using immobilised cell bioreactor systems by Argyrios Margaritis and Peter M. Kilonzo Production of biopharmaceuticals through microbial cell immobilisation by Tajalli Keshavarz Production of biologics from animal cell cultures by James Warnock and Mohamed Al-Rubeai Stabilisation of probiotic microorganisms by Helmut Viernstein, Josef Raffalt and Diether Polheim Growth of insect and plant cells immobilised using electrified liquid jets by Mattheus F. A. Goosen Plant cell immobilisation applications by Ryan Soderquist and James M. Lee PART 5 - ENVIRONMENTAL AND AGRICULTURAL APPLICATIONS Wastewater treatment by immobilised cell systems by Hiroaki Uemoto Immobilised cell strategies for the treatment of soil and groundwaters by Ludo Diels Application of immobilised cells for air pollution control by Marc A. Deshusses Artificial seeds by Eugene Khor and Chiang Shiong Loh Spermatozoal microencapsulation for use in artificial insemination of farm animals by Raymond L. Nebel and Richard G. Saacke Biosensors with immobilised microbial cells using amperometric and thermal detection principles by Ján Tkác, Vladimír Štefuca and Peter Gemeiner