Tissue Engineering the Cartilages of the Body: Hyaline Cartilage, Fibrocartilage, Elastic Cartilage, and Lipocartilage
暫譯: 身體組織工程：透明軟骨、纖維軟骨、彈性軟骨與脂肪軟骨

本書描述了與軟骨組織工程相關的當前方法，重點關注透明軟骨、纖維軟骨和彈性軟骨的天然軟骨組織的結構和功能。本書涵蓋了現代軟骨組織工程的主題，包括天然組織中的結構-功能關係、軟骨組織工程的方法及評估、動物模型。本書最後描述了轉化方面和未來展望。

Rachel Nordberg (co-first author) is a research associate at the University of California, Irvine. Her research focus is on the translation of cell therapy products with a particular emphasis on musculoskeletal tissue engineering. She earned her B.S. in Bioengineering from Lehigh University before attending Cornell University for her M.Eng. in Biomedical Engineering. She obtained her Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and North Carolina State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering. In 2018, she began her postdoctoral research at the University of California, Irvine where she was awarded a three-year TL-1 NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship from the UCI Institute of Clinical and Translational Science.

Takumi Takahashi (co-first author) is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Irvine. He earned his B.S. in Bioengineering from the University of California, San Diego and his Ph.D. in Medicine from the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Tokai University, Japan. In his postgraduate and postdoctoral work, his research has focused on translating scaffold-less approaches to cartilage tissue engineering for the treatment of musculoskeletal diseases such as osteoarthritis. He has experience in first-in-human clinical studies, conducted for the autologous and allogeneic transplantation of chondrocyte cell-sheets, and in preclinical studies using various small and large animal models.

Jerry Hu is a principal development engineer at the University of California, Irvine. He obtained a PhD in Bioengineering from Rice University and a BSc degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. Dr Hu has over 15 years of experience in the study and development of materials, bioreactors, and culture methods for articular cartilage tissue engineering. Jerry has made significant contributions to the research of developing new approaches for cartilage tissue engineering, such as the formation of neotissue without a scaffold, the design and application of mechanical stimulators, and the acquisition of novel autologous cell sources. His direction and collaboration have led to numerous publications, presentations, and other accolades, including the filing of three patents as co-inventor.

Kyriacos A. Athanasiou (corresponding author) has addressed significant societal needs through the development of life-saving technologies. He is a Distinguished Professor at the University of California, Irvine. He is also the holder of the Henry Samueli Chair and the Director of DELTAi (Driving Engineering and Lifescience Translational Advances at Irvine). He has served as a faculty member at the University of Texas, Rice University, and the University of California (first at Davis and now at Irvine). Prof. Athanasiou obtained his PhD in Bioengineering (Mechanical Engineering) from Columbia University in 1989. He has published over 800 peer-reviewed publications, including 400 papers, 370 conference proceedings or abstracts, 20 books, and multiple patents. He has also served as President of the Biomedical Engineering Society, and as the Editor-in-Chief of the Annals of Biomedical Engineering and has received numerous awards. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2024, the National Academy of Medicine in 2020, and the National Academy of Inventors in 2014.

瑞秋·諾德伯格（共同第一作者）是加州大學爾灣分校的研究助理。她的研究重點是細胞治療產品的轉化，特別強調肌肉骨骼組織工程。她在萊海大學獲得生物工程學士學位後，前往康奈爾大學攻讀生物醫學工程碩士學位。她在北卡羅來納大學教堂山分校和北卡羅來納州立大學聯合生物醫學工程系獲得生物醫學工程博士學位。2018年，她開始在加州大學爾灣分校進行博士後研究，並獲得了UCI臨床與轉化科學研究所頒發的三年期TL-1 NRSA博士後獎學金。

高橋拓海（共同第一作者）是加州大學爾灣分校的博士後研究員。他在加州大學聖地亞哥分校獲得生物工程學士學位，並在日本東海大學的骨科外科系獲得醫學博士學位。在他的研究生和博士後工作中，他的研究專注於無支架方法在軟骨組織工程中的轉化，以治療如骨關節炎等肌肉骨骼疾病。他在自體和異體軟骨細胞片的臨床研究中擁有第一人類臨床研究的經驗，並在使用各種小型和大型動物模型的臨床前研究中也有經驗。

胡傑瑞是加州大學爾灣分校的首席開發工程師。他在萊斯大學獲得生物工程博士學位，並在德克薩斯大學奧斯汀分校獲得化學工程學士學位。胡博士在關節軟骨組織工程的材料、反應器和培養方法的研究和開發方面擁有超過15年的經驗。傑瑞在開發新的軟骨組織工程方法方面做出了重要貢獻，例如無支架新組織的形成、機械刺激器的設計與應用，以及新型自體細胞來源的獲取。他的指導和合作促成了多篇出版物、演講和其他榮譽，包括作為共同發明人申請的三項專利。

基里亞科斯·A·阿薩納修（通訊作者）通過開發拯救生命的技術來解決重要的社會需求。他是加州大學爾灣分校的傑出教授，也是亨利·薩穆埃利講座的持有者及DELTAi（推動爾灣的工程與生命科學轉化進展）的主任。他曾在德克薩斯大學、萊斯大學和加州大學（最初在戴維斯，現在在爾灣）擔任教職。阿薩納修教授於1989年在哥倫比亞大學獲得生物工程（機械工程）博士學位。他已發表超過800篇同行評審的出版物，包括400篇論文、370篇會議論文或摘要、20本書籍和多項專利。他還曾擔任生物醫學工程學會的會長，以及《生物醫學工程年鑑》的主編，並獲得多項獎項。他於2024年當選為美國國家工程院院士，2020年當選為美國國家醫學院院士，2014年當選為美國國家發明家院士。