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by Nihal Engin Vrana (Editor)
This book focuses on the role of the immune system in biomaterial applications. In the field of biomaterials there are significant advances in using immunomodulation techniques to improve the success rates of implantable materials. For better understanding of such techniques it is required to have a full grasp of the biomaterial immune system in
Author Biography
Dr. Nihal Engin Vrana is Vice-President of Scientific Affairs at PROTIP Medical. He obtained his PhD in 2009 at Dublin City University as a Marie Curie ESR Fellow. His major research interests are titanium implants, tissue engineering, cell encapsulation, immunodulation, real-time monitoring and implants and cell biomaterials and cell biomaterials interactions. He has published over 55 articles in peer reviewed academic journals, 4 book chapters and holds three European patents. He holds three ESB Translational Research Awards.
