Pharmacy, Polymers & Polymerization in Chemistry, Medical Technology, Biology - Biotechnology, Biotechnology & Bioengineering, Surgery, Polymers & Polymerization Engineering
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Overview
The continual growth and increasing sophistication of biomaterials industries has been driven in large part by advances in the basic sciences of the materials involved. Indeed, advances in understanding biological systems at the molecular level have quickly been exploited by materials scientists to develop more sophisticated approaches to therapeutics and diagnostics. The interdisciplinarity and breadth of the biomaterials field necessitates the close co-operation of scientists in many different fields, including materials science, chemistry, biology, engineering and medicine. This book brings together researchers in many of these converging fields to report on advances and to stimulate further discussion and research in these vital areas of discovery and development. Topics include: polymeric drugs and delivery; musculoskeletal tissue engineering; scaffolds and cell seeding - fabrication and characterization techniques; biological cues and organic/inorganic hybrids; novel materials, porous structure and tissue engineering; and orthopaedic bearing surfaces and novel coatings.Editorials
Booknews
Brings together oral and poster presentations from a fall 1998 symposium, in sections on polymeric drugs and delivery, musculoskeletal tissue engineering, scaffolds and cell seeding, fabrication and characterization techniques, biological cues and organic/inorganic hybrids, orthopedic bearing surfaces and novel coatings, and novel materials, porous structure, and tissue engineering. Subjects include ultrasound-triggered drug delivery with contrast imaging, atomic force microscopy to quantify local tissue properties, and use of conductive polymers in bone regeneration. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
June 1, 1999
Publisher
Materials Research Society
Pages
376
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781558994560