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Article: A BIG STEP FORWARD IN IMPLANT RESEARCH UW METHOD MAY BOOST BODY'S HEALING PROCESS.(News)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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- April 15, 1999
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Bioengineers at the University of Washington are getting closer to making materials that won't be attacked by the body, a discovery that could make millions of medical implant devices work better and last longer with fewer complications for patients.
The research, published today in the journal Nature, marks a major advance in the search for an anatomically friendly material.
In the paper, Buddy Ratner, director of the UW's Engineered Biomaterials Center, and bioengineering graduate student Galen Shi describe a technique for making a coating that could help initiate the body's healing process instead of triggering the immune system to attack.
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