生物基材料

　　A biomaterial is any substance that has been engineered to interact with bi-ological systems for a medical purpose-either a therapeutic （treat，augment，re-pair or replace a tissue function of the body） or a diagnostic one.As a science，biomaterials is about fifty years old.The study of biomaterials is called biomate-rials science or biomaterials engineering.It has experienced steady and strong growth over its history，with many companies investing large amounts of money into the development of new products.Biomaterials science encompasses elements of medicine，biology，chemistry，tissue engineering and materials science.Note that a biomaterial is different from a biological material，such as bone，that is produced by a biological system.Additionally，care should be exercised in defining a biomaterial as biocompatible，since it is application-specific.A bioma-terial that is biocompatible or suitable for one application may not be biocompati-ble in another.In the present book，twenty-three typical literatures about biomaterials pub-lished on international authoritative journals were selected to introduce the worldwide newest progress，which contains reviews or original researches on biomaterials science or biomaterials engineering.We hope this book can demon-strate advances in biomaterials as well as give references to the researchers，stu-dents and other related people.

　　编委会成员由国内外著名高校、科研中心及重点实验室专家组成，国际有哈佛大学、麻省理工学院、加州理工学院、牛津大学、剑桥大学、芝加哥大学、哥伦比亚大学、耶鲁大学、康奈尔大学、宾夕法尼亚大学、帝国理工学院等，国内有清华大学、北京大学、中国科学院、香港大学、武汉大学等。每分册由10名相关领域的专家组成编委会，他们均为国内外著名学府、科研中心及重点实验室一线工作科研专家。