Course Info

Instructors:	Prof. Ioannis Yannas Prof. Myron Spector
Course Number:	20.441J 2.79J 3.96J HST.522J
Departments:	Biological Engineering Mechanical Engineering Materials Science and Engineering Health Sciences and Technology
As Taught In:	Fall 2009
Level:	Graduate

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Exams

Quiz 3 Sample problem, as solved in class

Lecture Notes

Biological Specificity and Cooperativity

Cardiac Muscle Tissue Engineering

Cell-scaffold interactions during regeneration

Chronic Response to Implants: α-Smooth Muscle Actin and Lubricin

ECM does not regenerate spontaneously OR Injury to ECM is Irreversible

Epithelialization: Endothelialization

Epithelialization: Epidermal Regeneration

Formation of Soft Tissue and Bone around Implants: The Chronic Response to Implants

Readings

Characteristics of the Surfaces of Biomaterials

Methodology for Chemical Analysis of Surfaces

Survey of Clinical Cases of Biomaterials-Tissue Interactions: The Paradigm

Tissue Structure/Unit Cell Processes

Unit Cell Processes in the Tissue Environment

Course Info

Instructors:	Prof. Ioannis Yannas Prof. Myron Spector
Course Number:	20.441J 2.79J 3.96J HST.522J
Departments:	Biological Engineering Mechanical Engineering Materials Science and Engineering Health Sciences and Technology
As Taught In:	Fall 2009
Level:	Graduate

Topics

Learning Resource Types

Problem Sets

Exams

Lecture Notes