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| NFYD75 | Material in Medicine, 5 p (sw) /Material i medicin/ 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. | ||
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