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Giving LIFE to a World of Materials
The Society For Biomaterials 2009 Annual Meeting was held April 22-25, 2009 at the Grand Hyatt San Antonio in San Antonio, TX. View photos from the 2009 Annual Meeting.
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Highlights
Special Interest Group of the Month
Cardiovascular Biomaterials
Student Chapter of the Quarter
Clemson University
News
New Board of Directors
During the Society For Biomaterials 2009 Annual Meeting, a new Board of Directors was installed:
| Lynne Jones | - | President |
| Jeremy Gilbert | - | President-Elect |
| Antonios Mikos | - | Secretary/Treasurer |
| Laura Suggs | - | Secretary/Treasurer-Elect |
| Michele Marcologo | - | Member-at-Large |
| Jeffrey Hubbell | - | 1st Past President |
| Martine LaBerge | - | 2nd Past President |
Biomaterial
of the Month
Chitosan
The Biomaterial of the Month is chitosan, a derivative of the natural polysaccharide chitin. Chitosan is a copolymer of N-acetyl-glucosamine and N-glucosamine units and has been widely researched for a variety of biomedical applications such as such as wound healing, drug delivery systems, ophthalmology, implant coatings and tissue engineering/regeneration due to its demonstrated biocompatibility, bio-degradability, nontoxic, nonacidic degradation products, ease of chemical and physical manipulation and ability to promote healing.
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