Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials
1 primary work
Book 33
Bioactive Materials in Medicine
Published 15 January 2011
Bioactive materials in medicine provides readers with information on the current status and developments in bioactive materials for medical applications. Initial chapters focus on the fundamentals of bioactive of materials with chapters on such topics as nanotechnology and tissue engineering. Further chapters discuss laboratory design techniques with a view to clinical applications. The final few chapters review current biomedical applications such as drug delivery, gene therapy, plastic surgery and the future direction of this increasingly important field.