Tissue engineering and reparative medicine

land. The relevant realms of cells, molecular signaling, extracellular matrix, engineering design principles, vascular assembly, bioreactors, storage and translation, and host remodeling and the immune response that are essential to tissue engineering were discussed. This overview of the scientific program sum-marizes the plenary talks, extended poster presentations and breakout session reports with an emphasis on scientific and technical hurdles that must be over-come to achieve the promise of restoring, replacing, or enhancing tissue and or-gan function that tissue engineering offers