Supplements
Biomaterials
Vol. 462, No. 7272 pp 425–464
In this supplement
Materials have only recently been designed to impart specific biological functions. As biologists and materials scientists work closely together, the interdisciplinary field of biomaterials is generating substances that can direct stem-cell fate, modulate immune responses and allow extremely sensitive diagnostic assays. New materials are also being creating by mimicking the clever solutions that nature has evolved.
Editorial
Biomaterials free access
Rosamund Daw & Stefano Tonzani
doi:10.1038/462425a
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Overview
Inspiration and application in the evolution of biomaterials
Nathaniel Huebsch & David J. Mooney
doi:10.1038/nature08601
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Reviews
Designing materials to direct stem-cell fate
Matthias P. Lutolf, Penney M. Gilbert & Helen M. Blau
doi:10.1038/nature08602
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Biomaterial systems for mechanosensing and actuation
Peter Fratzl & Friedrich G. Barth
doi:10.1038/nature08603
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Materials engineering for immunomodulation
Jeffrey A. Hubbell, Susan N. Thomas & Melody A. Swartz
doi:10.1038/nature08604
Abstract | Full Text | PDF (3,460KB)
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Perspective
Drivers of biodiagnostic development
David A. Giljohann & Chad A. Mirkin
doi:10.1038/nature08605
Abstract | Full Text | PDF (2,512KB)
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