Tissue engineering is an emerging field that aims at regeneration of natural tissues and the creation of new tissues using biological cells, biomaterials, biotechnology, and clinical medicine.  According to Eugene Bell, author of Tissue Engineering: Current Perspectives, the main goals of tissue engineering include providing cellular replacement parts, providing formed acellular parts capable of inducing regeneration, providing cell populated tissue models for research, providing vehicles for delivering engineered cells to an organism, and surfacing non-biological devices with cultured cells.

Here are some introductory links to familiarize main tissue engineering principles. 

• To Engineer Healing and Deliver Genes
• Tissue Engineering Report 
• NIST Tissue Engineering
• Stem Cells - A Primer  -  What is a stem cell?  How are pluripotent stem cells derived?  Potential Applications of Pluripotent Stem Cells.  Why not just pursue research with adult stem cells?
• Schmidt, C.E. (1998). Tissue engineering. In: Hatfield, C., ed. Discovery: Research and Scholarship at the University of Texas at Austin, 15 (1): 6-10.
• Artificial Organs - Building the Bionic Body
  Insightful introductory texts on the artificial replacement of heart, eyes, lungs, kidneys,liver, cells and esophagus accompanied by a list of references.