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Biomaterials for Clinical Applications

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  • Bridges the gap between the laboratory and the clinic by identifying needs for biomedical materials in the context of the most prevalent diseases worldwide
  • While other books in the field take a technology-centered approach to biomaterials, this book takes a disease-centered approach
  • Written by an expert with experience in both the private sector and academia
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Introduction

    • Sujata K. Bhatia
    Pages 1-21
  3. Coronary Artery Disease

    • Sujata K. Bhatia
    Pages 23-49
  4. Stroke

    • Sujata K. Bhatia
    Pages 51-74
  5. Pneumonia

    • Sujata K. Bhatia
    Pages 75-98
  6. COPD

    • Sujata K. Bhatia
    Pages 99-120
  7. Diarrheal Diseases

    • Sujata K. Bhatia
    Pages 121-145
  8. HIV/AIDS

    • Sujata K. Bhatia
    Pages 147-165
  9. Tuberculosis

    • Sujata K. Bhatia
    Pages 167-181
  10. Lung Cancer

    • Sujata K. Bhatia
    Pages 183-211
  11. Traumatic Injuries

    • Sujata K. Bhatia
    Pages 213-258
  12. Prematurity

    • Sujata K. Bhatia
    Pages 259-275
  13. Conclusion

    • Sujata K. Bhatia
    Pages 277-278
  14. Back Matter

    Pages 279-283

About this book

Biomaterials for Clinical Applications is organized according to the World Health Organization’s report of the top 11 causes of death worldwide, and lays out opportunities for both biomaterials scientists and physicians to tackle each of these leading contributors to mortality. The introductory chapter discusses the global burden of disease. Each of the subsequent eleven chapters focuses on a specific disease process, beginning with the leading cause of death worldwide, cardiovascular disease. The chapters start with describing diseases where clinical needs are most pressing, and then envisions how biomaterials can be designed to address these needs, instead of the more technologically centered approached favored by most books in the field. This book, then, should appeal to chemical engineers and bioengineers who are designing new biomaterials for drug delivery and vaccine delivery, as well as tissue engineering.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Central Research & Development, DuPont Company, Wilmington, USA

    Sujata K. Bhatia

About the author

Sujata K. Bhatia is a physician-scientist at DuPont Applied BioSciences, and an affiliated faculty member in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Delaware. She earned three bachelor's degrees, in biology, biochemistry, and chemical engineering, and a master's degree in chemical engineering at the University of Delaware. She then attended the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, where she earned her MD and PhD in bioengineering. She currently contributes to medical biomaterials projects, as well as health and nutrition programs at DuPont. She teaches biochemical engineering and biomedical engineering courses at the University of Delaware.

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