Regenerative Medicine Today #6
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RegenMedToday_006_Apr2006.mp3 [9MB 00:15:22 80kbps]
A better artificial hip?
Each year, nearly half a million Americans have a hip or knee replaced with an artificial joint, usually with great success. But the connection between the replacement joint and the natural bone in which it is implanted can become loose, reducing the new joint's function.
In podcast #6, Dr. Andrés García explains his lab’s new coatings for artificial joints that behave more like bone, so natural tissue bonds more securely with them. Dr. García develops coatings to perform other functions, too, from delivering drugs to allowing physicians to “see” the body's response to an artificial device without invasive surgery.
Andrés J. García, PhD, is an associate professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology's Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and the Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience. For more information about Dr. García’s work, see his lab's page.
We’ll also hear from Tiffany Sellaro about TERMIS-SYIS the student chapter of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society, which will play a large role in the upcoming REGENERATE World Congress.
Hosts Leah Kauffman and John Murphy. Interview by Leah Kauffman.
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