User talk:Benkeboy

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[edit] EPC 2000

Thanks for your comment on the EPC 2000. I have updated the article to reflect this. --Edcolins 20:13, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question

Hi Benkeboy! I've noticed your username on the tissue engineering discussion page. I'm a 3rd year chem. student looking for material on the subject, and was wondering if you could help me out with a few questions I couldn't answer in wikipedia. 128.139.226.37 18:17, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

hi 128.139.226.37, fire away! Benkeboy 13:47, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! here are some question I've been trying to find answers to: 1. Out of the many articles, are there any working tissue engineering solutions that involve polymers other than PGA or PLA? I mean established procedures used on patients today, especially regeneration of nerves.

2. The Cad/printer technique, what kind of polymers are used? 3. The article about felt is not very complete, and I understand that some basic techniques involve nonwoven meshes of PGA/PLA sutures. Where can I find more information on those?

Thanks for your time... 128.139.226.37 10:40, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

1. if you are looking for polymers used as "traditional" biomaterials the list would be very very long. there are a number of materials that are biodegradable in vivo that could be of interest such as polyurethanes, polyesters, starch and chitin. if you make search also try hydrogels and poly-HEMA (the latter is used for ocular lenses).

2. The Mironov 2003 article uses collagen and the co-polymer p(NIPA-co-DMAEA). The latter was supplied by the company OrganoGel that seems to have vanished from www.

3. I do not know what is in current clinical use. I guess collagen (a derivatives) has found a use also for neural repair but I am not sure about the clinical applications. Perhaps polycaprolactone?

Benkeboy 19:23, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

a note: Since you a university stundent you probably have access to [ISI Web of Knowledge]. if you want clinical materials for actual indications try |FDA ( I am think they a public register of materials accepted for various biomedical uses) and any patent data base. There is a link to Derwent from ISI WOK. Benkeboy 19:27, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] European Society for Biomaterials

Almost nominated it for speedy deletion, but it is an interesting subject matter that may prove to be noteworthy; care to elaborate on it and develop the article to a higher standard? It needs wikification and major major major expansion, also illustrate clearly how it is noteworthy if you want it to survive. Just thought I'd touch base and provide some feedback as to why I didn't nominate it for deletion as I so often seem to do with new articles.  :P Jachin 19:48, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

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