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Description:: 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 …
Year:: 2008
Contributor:: Jarrell, John D. (creator); Morgan, Jeffrey (director); Mathiowitz, Edith (reader); Tripathi, Anubhav (reader); Hoffman-Kim, Diane (reader); Lee, William (reader); Brown University. Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Titanium oxide; Hela; Crystallinity; Surface modification; Cell viability; Sol-gel techniques; Metal ion release; Bioactivity; Phosphorous; Percutaneous implants; Bone anchored prosthetics; Small animal models; Titanium dioxide; Fibroblasts; Keratinocytes; Cell proliferation; Cell adhesion; Polydimethylsiloxane; Silver; Vanadium; Aluminum; Calcium; Phosphorus; Wound healing
Language:: English
Collection:: Biology and Medicine; Biomedical Engineering; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: 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 …
Year:: 2009
Contributor:: Baker, Christopher M. (author); Morgan, Jeffrey R. (advisor); Mathiowitz, Edith (reader)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Anti-infective agents; Metals > Surfaces; Silver ions
Collection:: Biology and Medicine; Theses and Dissertations; Biology and Medicine; Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biotechnology; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: The primary objective of this report is to provide the bioprinting community with an educational tool that can be used to navigate and develop a …
Year:: 2018
Contributor:: Thomson, Andrew (Creator); Morgan, Jeffrey (advisor); Mathiowitz, Edith (reader); Brown University (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: bioprinting; 3D printing; tissue engineering; regenerative medicine
Collection:: Biology and Medicine; Theses and Dissertations; Biology and Medicine; Biomedical Engineering; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: 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 …
Year:: 2008
Contributor:: Liu, Huinan (creator); Webster, Thomas (director); Morgan, Jeffrey (reader); Mathiowitz, Edith (reader); Palmore, G. Tayhas (reader); Karp, Jeffrey (reader); Brown University. Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: nanocomposites; bone tissue engineering; orthopedic applications; surface properties; osteoblast functions; 3D printing; scaffolds; controlled drug delivery; treating bone diseases.; Nanocomposites (Materials); Ceramics; Polymers; Tissue scaffolds; Bone morphogenetic proteins
Language:: English
Collection:: Biology and Medicine; Biomedical Engineering; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: 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 …
Year:: 2008
Contributor:: Yao, Chang (creator); Webster, Thomas (director); Mathiowitz, Edith (reader); Sheldon, Brian (reader); Thripathi, Anubhav (reader); Meyer, Donna (reader); Brown University. Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: anodization,titanium,drug delivery,orthopedics
Language:: English
Collection:: Biology and Medicine; Biomedical Engineering; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: The development of electrochemical sensors and responsive drug delivery systems are current challenges in the field of orthopedics. Micro and nanotechnology enable the development of …
Year:: 2009
Contributor:: Sirivisoot, Sirinrath (creator); Webster, Thomas (director); Hurt, Robert (reader); Sun, Shouheng (reader); Mathiowitz, Edith (reader); Brown University. Division of Engineering. Electrical Sciences and Computer Engineering (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Anodized Titanium; Polypyrrole; Sensors; Drug Delivery; Orthopedic implants; Carbon nanotubes; Detectors
Language:: English
Collection:: Engineering; Electrical Sciences and Computer Engineering; Theses and Dissertations; Engineering; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: 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 …
Year:: 2016
Contributor:: Holman, Corey (author); Darling, Eric (advisor); Mathiowitz, Edith (reader)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Oligonucleotides; Diblock copolymers; Fluorescence; Nanoencapsulation
Collection:: Biology and Medicine; Theses and Dissertations; Biology and Medicine; Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biotechnology; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: 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 …
Year:: 2008
Contributor:: Bruder, Jan M. (creator); Hoffman-Kim, Diane (director); Lysaght, Michael (reader); Mathiowitz, Edith (reader); Morgan, Jeffrey (reader); Buettner, Helen (reader); Brown University. Division of Biology and Medicine. Artificial Organs, Biomaterials, and Cell Technology (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: dorsal root ganglion; topography; pdms; poly-dimethylsiloxane; nerve regeneration; nerve guidance channel; replica; replica molding; Neurons; Biomimetics; Medical geography; Polydimethylsiloxane; Neurosciences; Nervous system--Regeneration
Language:: English
Collection:: Biology and Medicine; Theses and Dissertations; Biology and Medicine; Artificial Organs, Biomaterials, and Cell Technology; Theses and Dissertations

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