Bone anchored prosthetic attachments, like other percutaneous devices, suffer from poor soft tissue integration, seen as chronic inflammation, infection, epithelial downgrowth and regression. We looked …
While current antibiotic agents provide suitable and cost effective means of inhibiting bacterial infiltration of biomedical devices, they are slowly becoming obsolete as microbial species …
Desirable cytocompatibility properties of nano-sized ceramics were combined with the tunable degradability and deformability of a select polymer (poly-lactide-co-glycolide, or PLGA) to optimize biological and …
Titanium, titanium alloys, and cobalt-chromium alloys are widely used in orthopedic applications. To promote the osseointegration of implants into juxtaposed bone, an electrochemical surface modification …
In recent years, molecular beacons have drawn much attention from researchers due to their ability to image real time cellular mRNA expression. Molecular beacons are …
My graduate work examined the reaction of neuronal cells to the shape of their extra-cellular environment. Over the last century, many studies have confirmed that …