| NFYD75 | Material in Medicine, 7,5 ECTS credits. /Material i medicin/ |
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Area of Education: Science Subject area: Physics |
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| Advancement level
(A-D): D
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| Aim: To give an introduction to materials that are currently used in biomedical applications, to problems related to foreign body reactions (e.g. rejection) and interactions between artificial surfaces and living tissues. |
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| Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered) Participation in NFYC62 Biophysics or equivalent course, NKEA23 General Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry or equivalent. Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding. |
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| Organisation: The course consists of lectures, seminars, project/laboratory work guided by a tutor. |
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| Course contents: Classification of materials and their applications, human physiology and the immune system (briefly), protein structure and function, protein adsorption, the coagulation- and complement systems, biological processes at interfaces, surface modification and analysis, biological assaying, wound healing, and clinical correlations. |
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| Course literature: Buddy D. Ratner, Hoffman, Allen S., Schoen, Frederick J., Lemons, Jack E.: Biomaterials Science, an Introduction to Materials in Medicine, Academic Press Inc. 1996, ISBN 0-12- 582460-2, the web and lecture notes. |
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| Oral or written examination |
5 p |
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Course language is swedish. Department offering the course: IFM. Director of Studies: Magnus Boman Examiner: Pentti Tengvall Link to the course homepage at the department Course Syllabus in Swedish |
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