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  Society for Biomaterials Home Page
is a professional society which promotes advances in all phases of materials research and development by encouragement of cooperative educational programs, clinical applications, and professional standards in the biomaterials field.
During the Society For Biomaterials 32nd Annual Meeting In Chicago, Illinois, a new Board of Directors was installed:
Nanoparticles are of great scientific interest as they are effectively a bridge between bulk materials and atomic or molecular structures.
www.biomaterials.org   (186 words)

  
 OLYMPUS TERUMO BIOMATERIALS CORP. : Terms and Use
Additionally, Olympus Terumo Biomaterial may add to, modify, correct, or delete the information on this Website, or suspend or cease the public availability thereof or the like, at its own discretion and without prior notice.
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Unless specifically stated, Olympus Terumo Biomaterial or Olympus Corporation ("Olympus") owns the copyrights to all documents, images, video, audio, programs, and other materials ("the Materials") provided on this Website, and these copyrights are protected by the copyright laws, treaties, and other laws of each country.
www.biomaterial.co.jp /en/site/index.html   (0 words)

  
  Biomaterial
BioMaterial is an abstraction of various states of biology-based materials used in various stages of the microarray experiment.
Biosample is what is extracted from the biosource, and labeled extract is the last state of the biomaterial before hybridization.
A biomaterial can be a result of a chain of treatments, each treatment involving one or more biomaterials in some amounts.
www.mged.org /Workgroups/MAGE/biomaterial.html   (124 words)

  
  Society for Biomaterials 2007 Annual Meeting
Biomaterials are a fundamental component of growth-promoting bridges designed to direct and stimulate axonal regeneration across scars, gaps, and cavities resulting from traumatic injury to the central and peripheral nervous systems.
Engineered biomaterial functionality includes fiber and channel-based topographic guidance and the incorporation of adhesion ligands, trophic factors, and recombinant DNA vectors targeted to regulate interactions with infiltrating astroglial cells and regenerating axons, as well as controlling the differentiation and function of transplanted cell populations.
Protein- and peptide-based biomaterials, using the whole or part of the protein as basis for biomaterial construction, have attracted attention in recent years because they are a great alternative to their synthetic counterparts.
www.biomaterials.org /meetings/07annualmeeting/index.cfm?page=symposia   (1779 words)

  
  Learn more about Biomaterial in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
In surgery, a biomaterial is a synthetic material used to replace part of a living system or to function in intimate contact with living tissue.
Another definition of biomaterial is "any substance (other than drugs) or combination of substances synthetic or natural in origin, which can be used for any period of time, as a whole or as a part of a system which treats, augments, or replaces any tissue, organ, or function of the body".
A biomaterial is different from a biological material such as bone that is produced by a biological system.
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /b/bi/biomaterial.html   (317 words)

  
 Biomaterial   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
V chirurgii, biomaterial je syntetická hmota nahradila díl živého systému nebo fungovat v důvěrném styku s živobytím tkáň.
Další definice biomaterial je “nějaká substance (jiný než drogy) nebo kombinace substancí syntetický nebo přirozený od původu, který může být užitý na nějaké časové období jak celek nebo jako část systému který zpracovává, rozšíří, nebo nahradí nějakou tkáň, orgán nebo funkci těla”.
Biomaterial je odlišný od biologického materiálu takový jako kost, která je produkována biologickým systémem.
wikipedia.infostar.cz /b/bi/biomaterial.html   (198 words)

  
 Chemically bonded biomaterial with tailored properties patent invention
A biomaterial element according to claim 1, characterised in that the inorganic phase is composed of Ca-aluminate and/or Casilicateand/or Ca-phosphate.
A biomaterial element according to claim 1, characterised in that it is a dental material, preferably a dental filling material or a root filling material.
A biomaterial element according to claim 1, characterised in that it is a component or is in granule form, preferably as a carrier material for drug delivery.
www.freshpatents.com /Chemically-bonded-biomaterial-with-tailored-properties-dt20060720ptan20060156959.php?type=claims   (611 words)

  
 Novel biomaterial of cross-linked peritoneal tissue - Patent 4755593
A method for producing a biomaterial as claimed in claim 3, which comprises lyophilizing the crosslinked tissue and applying a solution of a polymer in an organic solvent to the tissue and allowing the solvent to evaporate.
A biomaterial as claimed in claim 3 wherein the synthetic substrate is a polymer which is bonded to and penetrates in the non-mesothelial surface of the peritoneal tissue.
Biomaterials are generally non-viable materials produced in the laboratory and intended for medical device construction.
www.freepatentsonline.com /4755593.html   (4080 words)

  
 Biomaterials Information | Business.com
Develops and licenses biomaterials technologies for applications ranging from medical devices (catheters, guidewires, sensors, implanted and extracorporeal devices) to clinical laboratory and diagnostic products.
Develops and markets a portfolio of devices, advanced biomaterials and biotherapeutics, primarly for cardiothoracic, orthopaedic and general surgery markets.
Developer and manufacturer of medical devices, instruments and biomaterials for use in vascular, cardiovascular, orthopaedic, spinal and dental surgery.
rd.business.com /index.asp?epm=s.1&bdcq=Biomaterial&bdcr=1&bdcu=http://www.business.com/directory/industrial_goods_and_services/industrial_supplies/advanced_materials/biomaterials/index.asp?partner=2662601&bdcp=&partner=2662601&bdcs=nwuuid-2662601-EA6E6C94-F0D1-E392-E6C0-182FC0BD51A3-ym   (0 words)

  
 BioMaterial.pm
BioMaterial is an abstract class that represents the important substances such as cells, tissues, DNA, proteins, etc...
Biomaterials can be related to other biomaterial through a directed acyclic graph (represented by treatment(s)).
From this a BioMaterial can discover the amount and type of BioMaterial that was part of the treatment that produced it.
mged.sourceforge.net /POD/BioMaterial.html   (1807 words)

  
 LABORATORY OF CELL-BIOMATERIAL INTERACTIONS
The state-of-the art in biomaterials science and implantology is a technology that fails to control the tissue-biomaterial interface resulting in an unavoidable generic inflammatory foreign body reaction to the implanted material regardless of its physical and chemical properties.
Although biomaterials that are optimized by current empirical methods generally perform at acceptable levels for clinical use, higher implant performance goals could be achieved if a higher level of control at the biomaterial-tissue interface was obtained and inflammatory reactions eliminated.
For the first step, biomaterials are routinely rendered minimally cell adhesive by covalently immobilizing a dextran monomolecular layer to biomaterial surfaces.
www.public.asu.edu /~smassia/Research1.htm   (721 words)

  
 Biomaterial - Definition, explanation
Artificial hips, vascular stents, artificial pacemakers, and catheters are all made from different biomaterials and comprise difference medical devices.
The Clemson University Advisory Board for Biomaterials - Note - this seems to be a remainder from the time when everyone thought that a biomaterial should be inert to achieve optimal biocompatibility but this is no longer the case.
The research is concentrated on biomaterials model surface development, and their physical/chemical characterization and in vitro biological evaluation.
www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/b/bi/biomaterial.php   (705 words)

  
 OHSU News Release
The material was sutured to a square stent made from stainless steel wire that served as a frame, and a slit was cut diagonally in the membrane.
The biomaterial is a connective tissue that becomes the framework for cells after its placement into a vein.
The biomaterial also can be stored for long periods and simply rehydrated before use.
www.ohsu.edu /news/2004/030304valves.html   (681 words)

  
 Biomaterial   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Non-biological materials such as metals, ceramics and synthetic polymers are the first generation technology in biomaterials that focused on restoring damaged tissues.
Chitosan also has been reported to be a promising candidate as a scaffold material for engineered human tissue such as skin, cartilage and bone due to its biocompatibility and resorbability.
We now try to develop chitosan based scaffold combining it with other biomaterial to be used in the tissue engineering of bone and cartilage.
www.hukm.ukm.my /tissueengineering/biomaterial.htm   (575 words)

  
 Biomaterial Graduate School (BGS)
Each biomaterial graduate student will fill in the Curriculum Vitae form, which are registered in the office of the school by the secretariat of the school.
In addition, the Biomaterial Graduate School will receive once a year a Progress Report from the student herself and in addition a Supervisory Board Memo, which is the result of a meeting between the Graduate School student and the supervisory board.
Biomaterial Graduate School student can also take part in the education, courses and practical seminars organized by the Graduate School and will receive newsletters from the headquarters of the Graduate School, which contain info on national and international meetings relevant for the members of this Graduate School.
www.helsinki.fi /science/bgs   (760 words)

  
 Porous Silicon as a Biomaterial   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
All biomaterials have morphological, chemical and electrical surface characteristics that influence the response of cells to the implant.
The initial event is the adsorption of a layer of protein on to the biomaterial.
Another important test is the in vitro deposition of hydroxyapatite onto the surface of a biomaterial from a simulated body fluid.
www.azom.com /details.asp?ArticleID=529   (1809 words)

  
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The genus and species (and subspecies) of the organism from which the biomaterial is derived from.
The biomaterial may be derived from a mixed population of cells although only one cell type is of interest.
The manipulation of the biomaterial for the purposes of generating one of the variables under study.
www.cbil.upenn.edu /Ontology/biomaterial12.rdfs   (892 words)

  
 New biomaterial is able to support living nerve cells
This peptide-based scaffold, on which neurons grow fibers to communicate with each other and establish functional synapses, may be the long-sought ideal medium for growing replacement nerve cells for victims of spinal cord injuries and other forms of nerve damage.
This is the first peptide-based biomaterial of its kind that can be designed at the molecular level.
Although parts of animal cells such as collagen can be extracted as a basis for growing cells, such animal-derived materials may carry and pass on viruses to the attached growing cells.
web.mit.edu /newsoffice/tt/2000/jun07/peptide.html   (834 words)

  
 Illinois Institute of Technology
A primary, near-term goal in Dr. Kang Derwent's laboratory is to investigate the optimal conditions and biomaterial surface to culture healthy photoreceptors which maintain the functional and structural characteristics of in vivo cells.
Utilizing biomaterials development, in vitro and in vivo testing, and computational modeling, our goal is to develop an optimal drug delivery platform.
Biomaterial Surface for Retinal Cells: Development of methodology for modifying patterned biomaterial surfaces to allow isolated photoreceptor cells to attach and grow in vitro.
www.iit.edu /~biomed/profiles/faculty_derwent.html   (1180 words)

  
 Georgia Tech research reveals how biomaterial properties control cellular responses
While implanted biomaterials can be designed with different surface chemistries and roughness to influence inflammatory responses, the process is not well understood.
In addition to explaining how biomaterials influence cells, the findings could be used to develop new classes of materials to improve device integration and function.
García and his group showed that the biomaterial surface chemistry altered the types of adhesion proteins that cells used to adhere to the biomaterial.
www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2005-04/giot-gtr041805.php   (505 words)

  
 Anseth Research Group
A major focus of research in the Anseth group is the development of biomaterial scaffolds with highly-controlled architectures and chemistries for three-dimensional cell culture, tissue regeneration, and biological arrays and/or assays.
Our research spans the spectrum of fundamental studies to better understand the role of the biomaterial environment on cell function and the biology of tissue formation to targeted clinical applications in the design of in situ forming cell carriers that promote healing.
A second, defining feature of our approach is that we use photoinitiated reactions in the fabrication of biomaterial scaffolds, which enable processing under physiological conditions and, thus, scaffold formation in the presence of cells, tissues, and proteins.
www.colorado.edu /che/ansethgroup/research/index.html   (300 words)

  
 Building a Better Biomaterial (MDDI archive, April 00)
If you ask Robert Ward a question about the latest developments in biomaterials research, you're likely to get a "shallow" answer: "There are a number of surface-modified polymers and materials for tissue engineering that need to be well-characterized in order to relate the surface chemistry to whatever biofunctionality people are after.
Such advances in the ability to analyze and ultimately control the surface properties of materials at biological interfaces are critically important to those, like Ward, who are designing new polymers for use in the body (see Thermoplastic Silicone-Urethane Copolymers: A New Class of Biomedical Elastomers in this issue).
Biomaterials are just a pain to large chemical producers, who want to sell train-car quantities.
www.devicelink.com /mddi/archive/00/04/002.html   (604 words)

  
 Biospace.com
As detailed in their newly released Advanced in Biomaterials research report, PuraMatrix has become widely accepted by the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device communities to create defined 3-D cell cultures and cell-based assays.
PuraMatrix serves as a synthetic biodegradable alternative to animal-derived biomaterials such as bovine collagen.
PuraMatrix is forward compatible with in vivo implant studies, clinical therapeutics and bioproduction cGMP requirements, and is already in use at major pharmaceutical companies, the National Institutes of Health, and leading clinical research institutions such as MDAnderson, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and Massachusetts General Hospital.
www.biospace.com /news_story.aspx?StoryID=15326620&full=1   (574 words)

  
 Biomaterial Skin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Labelled proteins within a skin cell used in Biomaterial Science and Tissue Engineering at the Department of...
The biomaterial may act as a scaffold, such as in skin or in repair...
Late biomaterial-centered infection is a major complication associated with the use of biomaterial...
www.acne-medicine.ws /acne_medicine_resources/biomaterial-skin.html   (574 words)

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