General aspects of Biomedical Engineering

Biomedical aspects of lectins.

Studies on lectins are having an increasing impact on medicine, by providing new tools for diagnosis, helping to solve clinical problems, and giving new insights into pathological processes (Lis & Sharon, 1986a, b; Sharon & Lis, 1988). Two early discoveries: that certain lectins are bloodgroup specific while others are mitogenic, have led to their widespread use for blood typing, for assessing ...

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PO Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands Introduction Osteoporotic fractures mainly occur at sites with relatively large amounts of trabecular bone. The devastating effects of such fractures can be prevented with accurate predictions of trabecular bone strength. Micro-finite element (μFE) models have been successfully used to study and predict trabecular bone elastic and yield properties....

Biomedical aspects of chiral molecules

This article defines some of the terms used in chiral chemistry and some of the basic mechanistic issues that arise in stereochemistry in pharmacology. Attention is also drawn to the impact of stereochemistry on drug regulation and its significance for new drug development. The stereoselectivity of drugs is underpinned by the fact that the human body is essentially a chiral structure. The ratio...

Polymers for Biomedical Engineering

Advances in biomedical engineering.

The most visible contributions of biomedical engineering to clinical practice involve instrumentation for diagnosis, therapy, and rehabilitation. Cell and tissue engineering also have emerged as clinical realities. In the next 25 years, advances in electronics, optics, materials, and miniaturization will accelerate development of more sophisticated devices for diagnosis and therapy, such as ima...