WHAT ARE BIOMATERIALS?
Biomaterials play an integral role in medicine today—restoring function and facilitating healing for people after injury or disease. Biomaterials may be natural or synthetic and are used in medical applications to support, enhance, or replace damaged tissue or a biological function. The first historical use of biomaterials dates to antiquity when ancient Egyptians used sutures made from animal sinew. The modern field of biomaterials combines medicine, biology, physics, and chemistry, and more recent influences from tissue engineering and materials science. The field has grown significantly in the past decade due to discoveries in tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, and more.
HOW ARE BIOMATERIALS USED IN CURRENT MEDICAL PRACTICE?
Doctors, researchers, and bioengineers use biomaterials for the following broad range of applications:
Medical implants, including heart valves, stents, and grafts; artificial joints, ligaments, and tendons; hearing loss implants; dental implants; and devices that stimulate nerves.
Methods to promote healing of human tissues, including sutures, clips, and staples for wound closure, and dissolvable dressings.
Regenerated human tissues, using a combination of biomaterial supports or scaffolds, cells, and bioactive molecules. Examples include a bone-regenerating hydrogel and a lab-grown human bladder.
Molecular probes and nanoparticles that breakthrough biological barriers and aid in cancer imaging and therapy at the molecular level.
Biosensors to detect the presence and amount of specific substances and to transmit that data. Examples are blood glucose monitoring devices and brain activity sensors.
Drug-delivery systems that carry and/or apply drugs to a disease target. Examples include drug-coated vascular stents and implantable chemotherapy wafers for cancer patients.
For More Details about the BioMaterials visit: Advanced Materials 2019
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