How biomaterial performance can be programmed and predicted
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - 15:00
in Physics & Chemistry
(PhysOrg.com) -- Biomaterials, in particular biodegradable materials, are increasingly used in medicine. These materials serve on their own as structural support and replacement, and as platforms for drug release, embedding of cells and tissue engineering. Yet, many materials and devices fail in clinical trials because they do not perform as expected from in vitro experiments. There has not been concise means of predicting in vivo performance from in vitro experiments, hampering the development of new materials and assessment of safety, efficacy and applicability of existing materials.