biomaterial

[ bahy-oh-muh-teer-ee-uhl, bahy-oh-muh-teer- ]

noun

1. a synthetic material, usually a plastic, suitable for implanting in a living body to repair damaged or diseased parts.

Word History and Origins

Origin of biomaterial¹

First recorded in 1965–70; bio- + material

Example Sentences

The researchers have demonstrated the potential of biomaterial vaccine formulations to successfully fight the growth of tumors in an extensive body of work performed in preclinical animal models and a first clinical trial with cancer patients.

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Interestingly, Mooney's group had shown in an earlier biomaterial study that changing mechanical features of immune cells' environments, especially their viscoelasticity, affects immune cell development and functions.

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Key to their approach was a biomaterial vaccine formulation that enabled greater and more persistent LN expansion than standard control vaccines.

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"By enhancing the initial and sustained expansion of LNs with biomaterial scaffolds, non-invasively monitoring them individually over long time periods, and probing deeply into their tissue architecture and immune cell populations, we tightly correlate a persistent LN expansion with more robust immune and vaccination responses," said Wyss Institute Founding Core Faculty member David Mooney, Ph.D., who led the study.

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A team of chemists and bioengineers at Rice University and the University of Houston have achieved a significant milestone in their work to create a biomaterial that can be used to grow biological tissues outside the human body.

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