An introduction to biomaterials / edited by Jeffrey O. Hollinger.

Consensus Definitions, Fundamental Concepts, and a Standardized Approach to Applied Biomaterials Sciences, J.O. Hollinger Biology, Biomechanics, Biomaterial Interactions: Wound Healing Biology Cutaneous Wound Pathobiology: Raison d'etre for Tissue Engineering, L.K. Macri and R.A.F. Clark Osseous Wound Healing, A. Nawab, M. Wong, D. Kwak, L. Schutte, A. Sharma, and J.O. Hollinger Biology, Biomechanics, Biomaterial Interactions: Cellular Mechanics Cell and Tissue Mechanobiology, W. Guo, P. Alvarez, and Y. Wang Biology, Biomechanics, Biomaterial Interactions: Materials-Host Interactions Cell-Material Interactions: Fundamental Design Issues for Tissue Engineering and Clinical Considerations, G.M. Harbers and D.W. Grainger Host Response to Biomaterials, D.J. Holt and D.W. Grainger Protein Adsorption at the Biomaterial-Tissue Interface, P. LeDuc, L. Gonzalez, B.M. Rauck, and Y. Wang Biomaterials Testing, Statistics, Regulatory Considerations, Intellectual Property: Standardized Materials Testing In Vitro Testing of Biomaterials, J. Kim, A. Srinivasan, and J.O. Hollinger Assessment of Biomaterials: Standardized In Vivo Testing, V.P. Raut, T.E. Patterson, J.C. Wenke, J.O. Hollinger, and G.F. Muschler Biomaterials Testing, Statistics, Regulatory Considerations, Intellectual Property: Statistics Basic Principles of Statistics: Considerations for Biomaterials Engineers, R.T. Rubin, J. McKlveen, A.S. Fultz, and M.E. Rhodes Therapy Development, Animal Testing, and Regulatory Issues, C.E. Hart, M. Citron, A. Loewen-Rodriguez, and J.O. Hollinger Fundamentals of Patenting for the Biomaterials Scientist, E.M. Douglas, Esq. Biomaterials Compositions Proteins and Amino Acid-Derived Polymers, J.C. Haarer, B.D. Inskeep, and K.C. Dee Three-Dimensional Fibrin Constructs in Tissue Engineering, B. Tawil and B. Wu The Poly(alpha-esters), D.D. Jamiolkowski and E.J. Dormier Biomedical Polyurethanes, M. Szycher Polymers Derived from l-Tyrosine, J. Kohn, A. Darr, and J. Schut Poly(propylene Fumarate), X. Shi, A. Henslee, D. Yoon, F.K. Kasper, and A.G. Mikos Hyaluronan, J.H. Brekke, G.E. Rutowski, and K. Thacker Complex Polysaccharides: Chitosan and Alginate, F. Rauh, M. Dornish, R. Street, and A.R. Shrivats Collagen: A Natural Biomaterial for Tissue Engineering, A.H. Reddi and P. Alvarez-Urena Polyphosphazenes, L.S. Nair, Y.M. Khan, and C.T. Laurencin Biologically Active Glasses, H.M. Elgendy, D.E. Curtin, and A.El-Ghannam Silk-Based Biomaterials: Biology, Properties, and Clinical Applications, G. Qin and D.L. Kaplan Calcium-Based Bioceramics: Biology, Properties, and Clinical Applications, S. Crumlett, B. Singleton, S. Oh, and J.L. Ong Biomaterials Applications Tissue Engineering of Skin, H.M. Powell and S.T. Boyce Polymeric Biomaterials for Drug and Nucleic Acid Delivery, Y. Loo and K.W. Leong Orthopedic Prostheses and Joint Implants, S. Wang, L. Lu, B.L. Currier, and M.J. Yaszemski Bone and Biomaterials, S.P. Nukavarapu, J.S. Wallace, H.M. Elgendy, J.R. Lieberman, and C.T. Laurencin Functional Regeneration of Synovial Joints In Vivo: The Role of Biomaterials and Scaffold Design, C.H. Lee and J.J. Mao Tissue Engineering, Biomaterials, and the Nervous System, L.E. Kokai, L.Y. Santiago, and K.G. Marra Ligaments, Biomaterials, and Tissue-Engineering Opportunities, J. Freeman, V.I. Walters, and A.L. Kwansa Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials, P.R. Baraniak and W.R. Wagner Index

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