Please describe what development in the history of biomaterials you feel is the
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Please describe what development in the history of biomaterials you feel is the most important and provide a justification for why you feel this way. What has happened to improve this development in the ensuing years?Please describe what development in the history of biomaterials you feel is the most important and provide a justification for why you feel this way. What has happened to improve this development in the ensuing years?
Please describe what development in the history of biomaterials you feel is the most important and provide a justification for why you feel this way. What has happened to improve this development in the ensuing years?
Explanation / Answer
Biomaterials are substances that are engineered by humans to interact with human body, they can be natural, synthetic, capable of movement or static. Biomaterials are often used in medical applications to augment or replace a natural function. Examples of biomaterials are- artificial pacemaker, heart valves, hip replacement, functionall limbs for war victims who have lost limbs.
The development of biomaterials is a development that started in the later half of 20th Century. Its application is so varied and numerous that till date many inventions have been made and number of lives have been saved because of these biomaterials.
I believe that the most invention till now is 3D bioprinting where 3D printing is used to generate biomimicking tissues. The tisse or organ can be reconstructed layer by layer have similar cells, growth fators and proteins as normally seen. Some of the most notable bioengineered substances are better versions of the the average bodily materials, including soft tissue and bone. These constituents can act as future substitutes when this field develops further in the future.
Another biomaterial worth the mention is alginate. Alginate is a renouned biomaterial that is isolated from brown algae naturally synthesised as alginic acid. It has mutiple uses- taxidermal molds, dental molds, wound and burn dressings, local delivery syste for gene therapy etc. The list will keep increasing in the ensuing years and so will its popularity.