Supplements

Biomaterials

Vol. 462, No. 7272 pp 425–464

In this supplement

• Editorial
• Overview
• Reviews
• Perspective

Materials have only recently been designed to impart specific biological functions. As biologists and materials scientists work closely together, the interdisciplinary field of biomaterials is generating substances that can direct stem-cell fate, modulate immune responses and allow extremely sensitive diagnostic assays. New materials are also being creating by mimicking the clever solutions that nature has evolved.

Editorial

Biomaterials free access

Rosamund Daw & Stefano Tonzani

doi:10.1038/462425a

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Overview

Inspiration and application in the evolution of biomaterials

Nathaniel Huebsch & David J. Mooney

doi:10.1038/nature08601

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Reviews

Designing materials to direct stem-cell fate

Matthias P. Lutolf, Penney M. Gilbert & Helen M. Blau

doi:10.1038/nature08602

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Biomaterial systems for mechanosensing and actuation

Peter Fratzl & Friedrich G. Barth

doi:10.1038/nature08603

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Materials engineering for immunomodulation

Jeffrey A. Hubbell, Susan N. Thomas & Melody A. Swartz

doi:10.1038/nature08604

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Perspective

Drivers of biodiagnostic development

David A. Giljohann & Chad A. Mirkin

doi:10.1038/nature08605

Abstract | Full Text | PDF (2,512KB)