NFYD75 Biomaterials, 75 ECTS-points
/BIOMATERIAL/

Advancement level:
D

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.

Prerequisites:
Participation in NFYC62 Biophysics, NKEA23 General Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry or equivalent.

Course organization:
The course consists of lectures, seminars, project/laboratory work guided by a tutor.

Course content:
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.

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.

TEN1Written or oral examination.
Course language is swedish.