title: Designing materials for biology and medicine.
abstract: Biomaterials have played an enormous role in the success of medical devices and drug delivery systems. We discuss here new challenges and directions in biomaterials research. These include synthetic replacements for biological tissues, designing materials for specific medical applications, and materials for new applications such as diagnostics and array technologies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Building E25-342, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. rlanger@mit.edu
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Langer
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Tirrell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D008511:Medicine / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D040081:Protein Array Analysis / Q000295:instrumentation; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials