SFB News

NIH receives $2B boost in FY2016 Budget!
Submitted on Mon, 12/21/2015

"This is the most encouraging budget outcome in 12 years," says Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, Director of the NIH.  He continued, "This increase comes at just the right time to take advantage of remarkable opportunities to improve human health, powered by dramatic advances in scientific knowledge and technological…

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Larry Hench SFB founder and Past-President passes 12/16/15, Ft. Myers, FL
Submitted on Fri, 12/18/2015

Larry L. Hench, PhD, passed away on December 16, in Ft. Myers, FL, at the age of 77.  Collectively (and for many of us personally), we have lost a wonderful and treasured friend, colleague, mentor, and staunch supporter of the Society For Biomaterials and the field of biomaterials and their applications more…

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SFB President Speaks about Norovirus and E.coli Breakout in Boston
Submitted on Thu, 12/10/2015

Head over to any Chipotle during lunchtime and the line will be typically out of the door. Well, at a Boston location (and others around the country, according to news reports), a norovirus breakout has infected more than 120 students.

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Webinar: Advances in Biomaterials’ Characterization
Submitted on Mon, 12/07/2015

This webinar covered the strengths and weaknesses of standard biomaterial characterization techniques used today. It focused on surface characterization (such as chemistry, roughness, topography, wettability, etc.) necessary to understand biocompatibility, cytocompatibility, and tissue responses. It also summarized…

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Senate Votes to Repeal the Medical Device Tax
Submitted on Mon, 12/07/2015

On Thursday, December 3rd the U.S. Senate passed a bill that would remove the medical device tax, one of the provisions of the Affordable Care Act.

 

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