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Sandwich-like Microenvironments to Harness Cell/Material Interactions
Published on: August 4, 2015
Understanding blood/material interactions: contributions from the Columbia University Biomaterials Seminar
1Industry/University Center for Biosurfaces, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA.
Abstract:
Meetings of the Columbia University Biomaterial Seminars held in the 1970s and 80s are recounted from the personal perspectives of a participant and attendee. Important lessons regarding blood/foreign surface interactions that emanated from the seminars are reproduced along with a list of contemporary contributing members. These lessons continue to have broad relevance in furthering our understanding of the behavior of blood whenever it is used in artificial organ technology.
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