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Biomaterials Forum Q1 2021 Issue Now Available!

  2021 Q1 Biomaterials Forum is Available Now!

The Biomaterials Forum First Quarter 2021 issue is now available online! 

This issue includes a remembrance of Dr. Donald J. Lyman, what to expect from the SFB 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting, an article...

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SFB Members Call to End NIH Funding Disparity and #FundBlackScientists

SFB Members Call to End NIH Funding Disparity and #FundBlackScientists

Recently, a nationwide network of BME women faculty, including several Society For Biomaterials (SFB) leaders and members like our President, Shelly Sakiyama-Elbert, and our Secretary/Treasurer, Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez, published a commentary in Cell describing stark disparities in NIH...

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Announcing Our New Editors

Announcing Our New Editors

The Society For Biomaterials (SFB) is excited to announce the new Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A, Dr. Kent Leach (University of California, Davis), and gratefully acknowledges the legendary contributions of Dr. James M. Anderson (Case Western Reserve University), for more than 30 years of stewardship!  We are also pleased...

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Dr. Cato T. Laurencin and His Team Advancements in Unlocking the Potential of Fibroblast Growth Factor for Tissue Regeneration

Dr. Cato T. Laurencin and His Team Advancements in Unlocking the Potential of Fibroblast Growth Factor for Tissue Regeneration  

Cato T. Laurencin, M.D., Ph.D., CEO of the Connecticut Convergence for Translation in Regenerative Engineering at UConn Health Institute and his team have published a...

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Medical device using Northwestern-invented biomaterial receives FDA clearance

Medical device using Northwestern-invented biomaterial receives FDA clearance Anti-inflammatory synthetic biomaterial aids tissue regeneration

CITRELOCK tendon fixation devices. Credit: Acuitive Technologies

October 21, 2020 | By Amanda Morris

An...

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