This is an introductory course to biomaterials. It is designed to include basic properties of biomaterials, biomaterial degradation, processing and biocompatibility, in vitro and in vivo testing, inflammation and the immune response, thrombosis, tumorigenesis and calcification, and its applications.

At the end, the students should understand the interaction between a biomaterial and the biological environment from two points of view: “What happens with the biomaterial after implantation in a biological environment?” vs. “What happens with the biological environment after implantation of a biomaterial?”