The second edition of this popular text includes seven new chapters that provide a comprehensive and up-to-date educational framework for biomaterials education. A new chapter on the biology of wound healing sets the stage for the basic requirements of standardized biomaterials testing and explains the reactions between biomaterials and the living system into which it is implanted. The book exp...(view full description)

The latest edition of this highly successful textbook introduces the key techniques and concepts involved in cloning genes and in studying their expression and variation. The new edition features: * Increased coverage of whole-genome sequencing technologies and enhanced treatment of bioinformatics.

Suitable for undergraduate and graduate students, and investigators and educators in biomedical engineering sciences, and medicine, this title provides an insightful approach to learning the science and technology of biomaterials.

Covers bioprocess engineering principles for the reader with a limited engineering background. This title explains process analysis from an engineering point of view, using worked examples and problems that relate to biological systems.