суббота, 21 мая 2011 г.

Informa Healthcare To Publish Second Edition Of Biomaterials And Biomedical Engineering Gold Standard Resource

informa Healthcare, the world's leading pharmaceutical science and toxicology publisher will publish this week Encyclopedia of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, Second Edition.



The fields of biomaterials and biomedical engineering are characterized by high speed advances that quickly make their way into clinical applications which help to improve people's quality of life worldwide.



Subspecialties, such as tissue engineering, let us envision a brighter future where we won't be so dependent on organ donations to save lives.



Unparalleled in its scope, this 4-volume Second Edition of Encyclopedia of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering bolsters an already strong emphasis on subjects integral to tissue engineering including bioreactors, scaffolding materials and fabrication, tissue mechanics, cellular interaction, and the development of major tissues and organs.



An impressive Who's Who of over 450 internationally recognized experts communicate the latest research findings in two hundred and ninety eight balanced entries arranged for readers' ease-of-use.



Since the 2004 publication of its first edition, Encyclopedia of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering has emerged as the definitive resource in the fields it covers. The encyclopedia serves as a complete compendium of cutting-edge information for scientists, engineers, physicians, and clinicians looking to stay abreast of new research findings in these broad and rapidly growing fields.



About the Editors


Gary E. Wnek is the author, and coauthor of over 130 journal articles and 19 patents. He has co-edited four books, including the Handbook of Pharmaceutical Controlled Release Technology, Photonic Polymer Systems, and Electrical and Optical Polymer Systems (informa Healthcare). His research interests include the development of polymeric materials for applications in medicine, microfluidics, and energy conversion and storage. Dr. Wnek is the Joseph F. Toot, Jr. Professor of Engineering, Professor and Chair of the Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, and Faculty Director of The Institute for Management and Engineering at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.



Gary L. Bowlin has extensive experience in cardiovascular materials and the field of tissue engineering. As a researcher, he has authored and coauthored over 50 journal articles in the areas of vascular tissue engineering and biopolymer processing for tissue engineering scaffolds. He also holds five U.S. patents and is co-founding inventor of NanoMatrix, Inc., based on electrospinning tissue engineering scaffold technology and TraumaCure, Inc., regarding the development of hemostatic products. Dr. Bowlin is an Associate Professor and he holds the Louis and Ruth Harris Exceptional Scholar Professorship of Biomedical Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia.



About informa Healthcare


informa Healthcare is a new force in science publishing that delivers authoritative research and analysis, up-to-the-minute news, comment and debate for all sectors of the Healthcare and Life Sciences communities. informa Healthcare serves the commercial needs of business leaders, the research needs of the scientific community and the 'good practice' needs of healthcare professionals around the world. The company, headquartered in London, England, is a division of Informa plc (London: INF) which employs 7,500 staff worldwide, and has offices in six continents. For more information, please visit informahealthcare.



Encyclopedia of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering

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