Interface of Aging and Biomaterials: 2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

Following a very successful first run, we are pleased to announce the launch of a second edition of a Special Issue on the Interface of Aging and Biomaterials.

Over the past several decades, remarkable progress in medicine and public health has enabled the achievement of significant extensions in life, leading to an increasingly elderly population. The loss of tissue function with aging is one of the most immutable, and most costly, challenges in modern medicine. While this challenge may be daunting, researchers and clinicians have a growing set of tools provided by biomedical sciences. With the development of new pharmaceutical screening techniques, drug delivery systems, biomaterials, and engineered tissues, discovery and clinical translation can occur faster than ever before. Unfortunately, many of these developments are not targeted specifically to aging, may not account for the unique challenges and opportunities of aging research, and may not be broadly disseminated to the aging community. The intent of this Special Issue is to highlight the latest advances in biomaterials and biomolecules as applied in the context of aging. The scope of this Special Issue includes the progress in biomaterials, drug delivery and discovery, impact of environmental nanomaterials and compounds on aging, and physiological and pathological interactions of aging tissue with novel materials. We welcome and look forward to receiving submissions of both original research and current reviews regarding this important topic.

Dr. Joshua T. Morgan
Guest Editor

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