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MATSCI 81N: Bioengineering materials to heal the body

MATSCI-81 - Fall - Instructor: Heilshorn, S.
Last Updated: 8-Oct-2012

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How are scientists and engineers designing new materials for surgeons to use in replacing body parts such as heart tissue or the spinal cord? How are cells, in the body and transplanted stem cells, communicating with implanted materials? Real-world examples of materials developed for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine therapies. In this class, students identify a clinically important disease or injury that requires a better material, research approaches to the problem, and debate possible engineering solutions. If you find that you need additional resources beyond this guide, please contact your librarian.

Subject Librarians

Sarah Lester
Sarah E Lester
Engineering Librarian for Outreach, Instruction and Electronic Resources
Engineering Library (Terman)
(650) 725-1018
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Kathleen Gust
Engineering Librarian for Outreach Instruction and Electronic Resources
Engineering Library (Terman)
(650) 723-8877

Subjects

Biotechnology
Bioengineering
Medicine and health

Journals and books

Journals

Scientific American.
[New York, Scientific American, inc., etc.]
Swain » Serials » Shelved by title V.303 2010
Discover.
[Chicago, Time]
Green » Stacks » Q1 .D57 V.32 2011:MAR.-DEC
Science news.
Washington, D.C. : Science Service, c1966-
Falconer » Serials » Shelved by title V.180 2011

Books

Introduction to biomedical engineering / [editors] John D. Enderle, Susan M. Blanchard, and Joseph D. Bronzino.
2nd ed. Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, c2005.
Engineering » Stacks » R856 .I47 2005
Biomaterials : the intersection of biology and materials science / J. S. Temenoff, A. G. Mikos.
Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2008.
Falconer » Stacks » R857 .M3 T46 2008
Biomaterials science : an introduction to materials in medicine / edited by Buddy D. Ratner ... [et al.].
2nd ed. Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, c2004.
Swain » Stacks » R857 .M3 B5735 2004
Tissue engineering / edited by John P. Fisher, Antonios G. Mikos, Joseph D. Bronzino.
Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, c2007.
Engineering » Stacks » R857 .T55 T548 2007
Tissue engineering and artificial organs [electronic resource] / edited by Joseph D. Bronzino.
Boca Raton : CRC/Taylor & Francis, 2006.
Artificial organs [electronic resource] / Gerald E. Miller.
1st ed. San Rafael, Calif. (1537 Fourth St, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, c2006.
Encyclopedia of materials [electronic resource] : science and technology / editors in chief, by K.H. Jurgen Buschow ... [et al.].
Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 2001.

Note: search the Table of Contents for tissue engineering

Principles of tissue engineering [electronic resource] / editors, Robert Lanza, Robert Langer, Joseph Vacanti.
3rd ed. Burlington, MA : Elsevier Academic Press, 2007.

Note: Great 4 chapter section on Introduction to Tissue Engineering

Tissue engineering [electronic resource] / Clemens A. van Blitterswijk.
London : Academic, 2007.

Databases

Many databases contain full-text articles. However, some of the databases you can use to find journal articles are called Abstracting and Indexing databases because they contain citation information, such as author, journal, publication date, the abstract of the article, etc.

Below are some suggested databases to use when looking for articles:

ABI/INFORM
Article citations and some full text articles in business-related publications.
Academic search premier
A multidisciplinary database which provides full-text for over 4,650 scholarly publications, more than 3,600 of them peer-reviewed. Includes topics in the social sciences, humanities, general science, education and most areas of academic study.
America's newspapers
America's newspapers contains complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community.
CINAHL
Indexes journal articles in nursing, allied health, biomedicine, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and health sciences librarianship.
ASM Materials for Medical Devices
A database containing mechanical, physical and biological responses as well as drug compatibility properties for the materials and coatings used in medical devices.