title: The parting of the ways? How biomaterials may differ from advanced materials in the next century.
abstract: A recent symposium on the future role of materials science in some critical industries suggests that the historical reliance of the medical device industry on the advances made in conventional materials development may not be sustained in the next few decades.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Engineering Department, Royal Liverpool University, UK. dfw.ce@liverpool.ac.uk
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authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D004867:Equipment Design; D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science / Q000639:trends*
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials