title: Understanding blood/material interactions: contributions from the Columbia University Biomaterials Seminar.
abstract: Meetings of the Columbia University Biomaterial Seminars held in the 1970s and 80s are recounted from the personal perspectives of a participant and attendee. Important lessons regarding blood/foreign surface interactions that emanated from the seminars are reproduced along with a list of contemporary contributing members. These lessons continue to have broad relevance in furthering our understanding of the behavior of blood whenever it is used in artificial organ technology.
authors: Industry/University Center for Biosurfaces, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA.
authors: Robert E
authors: RE
authors: Baier
authors: Mark
authors: M
authors: Kurusz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001187:Artificial Organs / Q000266:history; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000266:history*; D001769:Blood; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D009519:New York City; D014495:Universities / Q000266:history
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials