title: Research in Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering: Achievements and perspectives.
abstract: Research on biomaterials and related subjects has been active in Italy. Starting from the very first examples of biomaterials and biomedical devices, Italian researchers have always provided valuable scientific contributions. This trend has steadily increased. To provide a rough estimate of this, it is sufficient to search PubMed, a free search engine accessing primarily the MEDLINE database of references and abstracts on life sciences and biomedical topics, with the keywords "biomaterials" or "tissue engineering" and sort the results by affiliation. Again, even though this is a crude estimate, the results speak for themselves, as Italy is the third European country, in terms of publications, with an astonishing 3,700 products in the last decade.
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ventre
authors.forename: Filippo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Causa
authors.forename: Paolo A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Netti
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pietrabissa
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D035843:Biomedical Research; D023822:Tissue Engineering
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials