Northwestern Engineering’s Guillermo Ameer, a pioneer in the field of regenerative engineering, was presented the Key to Panama City, Panama, by Vice Mayor Raisa Banfield last week. The event was covered by Telemetro, a national Spanish-language television network based in Panama City.
Ameer, the Daniel Hale Williams Professor of Biomedical Engineering with the McCormick School of...
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The workshop will focus on fiber-based scaffold characterization including batch to batch variability, measurement validation, measurement comparability, product characterization and release criteria. Potential outcomes may include a workshop report, the formation of a working group to write an ASTM Standard Guide for Characterizing Fiber-Based Scaffolds, and/or the formation of working groups...
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Check out our video to see why you should join the Society for Biomaterials and let us help you to stay connected and grow professionally and personally. We invite you to take a look at the video which includes most of our current Council sharing their views on what makes SFB so special. “Join us” as a member to broaden your professional relationships...
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“DEFINITIONS IN BIOMATERIALS” CONFERENCE ATTRACTS WORLD EXPERTS TO CHENGDU, CHINA
It has been more than 30 years since the first “Definitions in Biomaterials” consensus conference was held in Chester, UK, in 1986. Over these thirty-two years, new concepts, materials and technologies in the field of biomaterials have emerged while some controversies surfaced...
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Aleo BME, a biomaterials and medical device company, has received notification from the U.S. Federal Drug Administration that it has been approved for the sale and licensing of ElaSkinTM as a liquid bandage for the protection and treatment of a broad set of skin conditions and injuries. Aleo BME is a start-up developing nature-inspired biomaterials to address unmet challenges in the fields...
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