Biomaterials Science

An Introduction to Materials in Medicine

Third Edition

Edited by

Buddy D. Ratner, Ph.D.

Professor, Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering, Director of University of Washington Engineered Biomaterials (UWEB), University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

Allan S. Hoffman, Sc.D.

Professor of Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering, UWEB Investigator, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

Frederick J. Schoen, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Pathology and Health Sciences and Technology (HST), Harvard Medical School; Executive Vice Chairman, Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Boston, MA, USA

Jack E. Lemons, Ph.D.

University Professor, Schools of Dentistry, Medicine and Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA