Elsevier Updates Major Reference Work, Comprehensive Biomaterials II

CAMBRIDGE, MA--(Marketwired - June 08, 2017) - Elsevier, the information analytics company specializing in science and health, today announced the second edition of Comprehensive Biomaterials II, edited by Paul Ducheyne, Kevin Healy, Dietmar E. Hutmacher, David W. Grainger and C. James Kirkpatrick. One of five new biomaterials titles, this major reference work reviews the current status of nearly all biomaterials in the field by analyzing their strengths and weaknesses, performance, and future prospects.

The updated work covers all significant emerging technologies in areas such as 3D printing of tissues, organs and scaffolds, cell encapsulation; multimodal delivery, cancer/vaccine - biomaterial applications, neural interface understanding, materials used for in situ imaging, and infection prevention and treatment. With 75 percent new or revised articles, its seven volumes provide biomedical scientists in industry, government, academia and research organizations with an accessible and thoroughly accurate perspective on the field.

Learn more about silk biomaterials in this excerpt from Volume 2, also available in Elsevier's Reference Module in Materials Science and Materials Engineering.

Dr. Ducheyne is Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, and a member of the Institute for Medicine and Engineering (IME) and the Center for Engineering Cells and Regeneration (CECR). His research is focused in the investigation of mechanistic effects of materials on cellular functions, specifically cell attachment, proliferation, differentiation and extracellular matrix formation, especially with respect to biomaterials and tissue engineering.

Dr. Healy is the Jan Fandrianto Distinguished Professor in Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley in the Departments of Bioengineering and Materials Science and Engineering. His research interests include the design and synthesis of biomimetic materials that actively direct the fate of embryonic and adult stem cells, and facilitate regeneration of damaged tissues and organs.

Dr. Hutmacher is the Director of the Centre of Regenerative Medicine and Director of the Australian Research Council Centre in Additive Biomanufacturing at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT). He has expertise in biomaterials, biomedical engineering, and tissue engineering and regenerative medicine (TE&RM), and is also among the pioneers in the field of 3D printing in medicine.

Dr. Grainger is the George S. and Dolores Dore´ Eccles Presidential Endowed Chair in Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, and Chair and Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Utah, USA. His research focuses on improving implanted medical device performance, drug delivery of new therapeutic proteins, nucleic acids and live vaccines, nanomaterials interactions with human tissues, low-infection biomaterials, and innovating diagnostic devices based on DNA and protein biomarker capture.

Dr. Kirkpatrick is Senior Professor in the Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic at the Goethe University of Frankfurt, and Visiting Professor of Biomaterials & Regenerative Medicine at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. His principal research interests continue to be in the field of biomaterials in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, with special focus on the development of human cell culture techniques, including novel 3D coculture methodology for biomaterials and the application of modern molecular pathology techniques to the study of biofunctionality of biomaterials, including nanomaterials.

The five new biomaterials titles are:

• Comprehensive Biomaterials II, Second Edition, edited by Paul Ducheyne, Kevin Healy, Dietmar E. Hutmacher, David W. Grainger and C. James Kirkpatrick.
• Nano- and Microscale Drug Delivery Systems: Design and Fabrication by Alexandru Grumezescu
• Multifunctional Systems for Combined Delivery, Biosensing and Diagnostics, edited by Alexandru Grumezescu
• 3D Printing in Medicine, edited by Deepak Kalaskar
• Mechanical Testing of Orthopaedic Implants by Elizabeth Friis

In order to meet content needs in biomaterials, Elsevier uses proprietary tools to identify the gaps in coverage of the topics. Editorial teams strategically fill those gaps with content written by key influencers in the field, giving students, faculty and researchers the content they need to answer challenging questions and improve outcomes. These new books, which will educate the next generation of biomaterials researchers and engineers, and provide critical foundational content for information professionals, are key examples of how Elsevier is enabling science to drive innovation.

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