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20-Bio-A1 Biomaterials and Biocompatibility

Worked solutions to 6 past sittings (2014–2019), 38 questions. Pick a sitting, or start from a topic below.

Topics across the sittings

Topics that come up in more than one sitting, taken from the headings of our worked solutions. A topic counts once per sitting.

Questions by sitting

December 2019

  1. Question 1: Small-Diameter Vascular Grafts and Blood-Compatible Surface Strategies
  2. Question 2: Implant Corrosion, Bioactivity vs. Biocompatibility, Opsonization, Paracrine Self-Regulation, and Macrophage Function
  3. Question 3: Biomaterial Design for Articular Cartilage Replacement
  4. Question 4: Surface Characterization and Identification of a Plasma-Modified Biomaterial
  5. Question 5: Transdermal Controlled-Release Design for an Antihypertensive Patch
  6. Question 6: Materials and Methods for Bone Repair and Regeneration
  7. Question 7: Mechanical vs. Biological Heart Valves and Patient-Specific Selection

May 2018

  1. Question 1: Feasibility Assessment of an Off-the-Shelf Bioengineered Liver
  2. Question 2: Small-Diameter Vascular Grafts and Approaches to Blood Compatibility
  3. Question 3: Hip Implant Materials Advances and Patient-Specific Selection
  4. Question 4: Dental Implant Materials, Complications, and Next-Generation Properties
  5. Question 5: Silicone Breast Implants — Immune Interactions and Autoimmunity
  6. Question 6: Comparative Mechanical Behaviour of Two Soft-Tissue Biomaterials

December 2017

  1. Question 1: Small-Diameter Vascular Grafts and Blood-Compatible Surface Strategies
  2. Question 2: Transdermal Controlled-Release Design for an Antihypertensive Patch
  3. Question 3: Controlling Cell–Surface Interactions and the In Vitro/In Vivo Gap
  4. Question 4: The Sequence of Events Following Material Implantation
  5. Question 5: Materials and Methods for Bone Repair and Regeneration
  6. Question 6: Mechanical vs. Biological Heart Valves and Patient-Specific Selection

December 2016

  1. Question 1: Feasibility Assessment of an Off-the-Shelf Bioengineered Heart
  2. Question 2: Matrix for a Genetically Engineered Skin-Substitute Cell Line
  3. Question 3: Small-Diameter Vascular Grafts and Approaches to Blood Compatibility
  4. Question 4: Advances in Hip Replacement Materials and Patient-Specific Selection
  5. Question 5: Silicone Breast Implants — Immune Interactions and Autoimmunity
  6. Question 6: Comparative Mechanical Behaviour of Two Soft-Tissue Biomaterials

December 2014

  1. Question 1: Contact Lens Biomaterial — Technical Assessment
  2. Question 2: Matrix for a Genetically Engineered Skin-Substitute Cell Line
  3. Question 3: Small-Diameter Vascular Grafts and Blood Compatibility
  4. Question 4: Advances in Orthopedic (Hip Implant) Materials
  5. Question 5: X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy of a Modified Silicone Surface
  6. Question 6: Wound Healing and Immune Response to Implanted Biomaterials
  7. Question 7: Comparative Mechanical Behaviour of Two Soft-Tissue Biomaterials

Undated paper

  1. Question 1: Feasibility Assessment of an Off-the-Shelf Bioengineered Liver
  2. Question 2: Small-Diameter Vascular Grafts and Approaches to Blood Compatibility
  3. Question 3: Hip Implant Materials Advances
  4. Question 4: Dental Implant Materials, Complications, and Next-Generation Properties
  5. Question 5: Silicone Breast Implants — Immune Interactions and Autoimmunity
  6. Question 6: Comparative Mechanical Behaviour of Two Soft-Tissue Biomaterials