@BOOK{NAP11639, author = "National Research Council", editor = "Crystal M. Cunanan and Bonnie A. Scarborough", title = "Proceedings from the Workshop on Biomedical Materials at the Edge: Challenges in the Convergence of Technologies", doi = "10.17226/11639", abstract = "Recent advances in biomedical materials technology hold the promise of a revolution in clinical medicine. These advances are being made possible by a convergence of technologies arising from a wide array of scientific discoveries. This convergence, however, is presenting new challenges as well as new opportunities. To explore these findings and to discuss possible ways to overcome the challenges, a workshop on this topic was held under the auspices of the NRC\u2019s Roundtable on Biomedical Engineering Materials and Applications. This report and accompanying CD provides a summary and the proceedings of the workshop. They present discussions of the context for new biomedical materials and of the three emerging technologies that were covered at the workshop: stem cells as biomaterials of the future, biomolecular materials composites, and superamolecular\/nanoscale engineering and design. ", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11639/proceedings-from-the-workshop-on-biomedical-materials-at-the-edge", year = 2006, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" }