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Polymers have a wide range of physical and mechanical properties suited to many purposes in medicine. For example, poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), which resembles bones and teeth, has been used since the 1930s for dental implants and hip replacements.

Head over to any Chipotle during lunchtime and the line will be typically out of the door. Well, at a Boston location (and others around the country, according to news reports), a norovirus breakout has infected more than 120 students.

Dr. Paulette Spencer, an active member of the Dental/Craniofacial SIG and one of the SFB representatives to the International Union of Biomaterials Fellows has received a Faculty Fulbright Fellowship to Brazil.  Dr.

SFB President-Elect Dr. Thomas Webster (Northeastern University) discusses how nanomedicine can be used to treat allergies and Ebola:
Nanomedicine and allergies 

An article in the September 2014 issue of Discover Magazine details how surgeons and researchers are teaming up to explore new methods for treating the wounds of war.

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A new TED Blog features an overview of biomaterials in the course of human history with featured contributions from SFB member Buddy Ratner, PhD, University of Washington 

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SFB is a proud member of the AIMBE Council of Societies.  AIMBE (American Insitute for Medical and Biological Engineering) is the authoritative voice and advocate for the value of medical and biological engineering to society. 

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