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Make better, safer biomaterials

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Design and test new polymers with clinical uses in mind, urge Nicholas A. Peppas and Ali Khademhosseini.

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  1. Nicholas A. Peppas is professor in the Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Pharmacy and Surgery and Perioperative Care at the Dell Medical School of The University of Texas at Austin, USA.,

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  2. Ali Khademhosseini is professor in the Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,

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Peppas, N., Khademhosseini, A. Make better, safer biomaterials. Nature 540, 335–337 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/540335a

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