1. Overview : an evolving state of the art in tissue engineering / Anthony T. DiBenedetto -- 2. The functional role of extracellular matrix / Eleonora Carletti, Matteo Stoppato, Claudio Migliaresi, and Antonella Motta -- 3. The premise of tissue engineering : molecular recognition / Christopher J. Pateman and John W. Haycock -- 4. Principles and biological pathways to tissue regeneration : the tissue regenerative niche / Ranieri Cancedda and Claudia Lo Sicco -- 5. Host response to biomaterials / Sangeetha Srinivasan and Julia E. Babensee -- 6. Scaffold vascularization / Lindsay E. Fitzpatrick, Alexandra Lisovsky, Ema C. Ciucurel, and Michael V. Sefton -- 7. Engineering biomimetic scaffolds / Nasim Annabi, Nihal Engin Vrana, Pinar Zorlutuna, Fariba Dehghani, and Ali Khademhosseini -- 8. Biomaterials for scaffolds : synthetic polymers / Luis Rojo, Blanca Vazquez, and Julio San Roman -- 9. Biomaterials for scaffolds : natural polymers / Lindsay S. Wray and David L. Kaplan -- 10. Hydrogels : characteristics and properties / Rolando Barbucci and Daniela Pasqui -- 11. Fabrication methods of tissue engineering scaffolds / Vitor M. Correlo, Joaquim M. Oliveira, Ana R.C. Duarte, Albino Martins, Ana L. Oliveira, Joana Silva-Correia, Rui L. Reis, and Nuno M. Neves -- 12. Engineered scaffolds : materials and microstructure from nanostructures to macrostructures for tissue engineering / Venu G. Varanasi, Panayiotis S. Shiakolas, and Pranesh B. Aswath -- 13. Organ printing and cell encapsulation / Savas Tasoglu, Umut Atakan Gurkan, Sinan Guven, and Utkan Demirci -- 14. In vitro and in vivo testing / Milena Fini, Nicolo Nicoli Aldini, and Paola Torricelli -- 15. Bioreactor strategies for in vitro conditioning of engineered tissues / Aaron S. Goldstein and Patrick Thayer -- 16. Microvascular imaging methods for tissue engineering / Benjamin W. Thimm, Sandra Hofmann, and Ralph Muller -- 17. Tissue engineering : scope, products, and commercialization strategies / Arthur J. Coury.