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Inaugural recipient honored for exceptional achievement at the interface of materials and biology.
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Biomedical Materials and Applications: A virtual issue of research from Advanced Healthcare Materials and Biotechnology Journal.
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A biopsy is a painful and scarring but often unavoidable procedure. Now, scientists have reported promising results of autofluorescence and reflectance measurements of tissue as a noninvasive approach for basal cell carcinoma diagnosis.
Ravin Narain: Aiming for a Cancer Cure with Biomaterials and Nanotechnology
We speak to University of Alberta Professor Ravin Narain about his polymeric and nano-materials research, and what it might for the future of biomaterials and medicine.
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Advanced Polymers in Medicine
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