Con-current Oral Abstract Presentations Session 2

Biomaterial Immuno-Engineering (Symposia)

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Materials designs toward macrophage- and dendritic cell-targeted immunotherapeutics

J. A. Hubbell, M. A. Swartz, E. Simeoni, A. Stano, C. Nembrini, S. N. Thomas, S. Hirosue, A. J. van der Vlies, C. P. O'Neil, D. Velluto;

EPFL, Lausanne, SWITZERLAND.

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A materials-based approach for immunotherapeutics design: Mechanisms of thiol-associated complement activation of dendritic cells

S. N. Thomas, S. T. Reddy, A. J. van der Vlies, S. Hirosue, J. A. Hubbell, M. A. Swartz;

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne, SWITZERLAND.

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Injectable Hydrogels as ‘Vaccination Nodes’ for Anti-Tumor Immunotherapy

D. J. Irvine, Y. Hori, A. M. Winans, C. C. Huang, E. M. Horrigan;

MIT, Cambridge, MA.

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Foreign Body Reactions-Induced Cancer Metastasis

L. Wu, C-Y. Ko, L. Tang;

Univ. of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX.

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Local Regulation of Cytokines with Antibody-Functionalized Materials

N. R. Washburn, L. Sun;

Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA.

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Enhanced Cell Migration and Efficient In-vivo Immune-modulation by Combinatorial, Single Formulation Delivery of siRNA, DNA vaccine and Chemokines

A. Singh, S. Suri, K. Roy;

The Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX.

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Microparticle-Based Cellular Arrays For Vaccine Development And Optimization

A. P. Acharya, B. G. Keselowsky;

Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

Drug Delivery in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

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Sequential delivery of angiogenic cytokines from fibrin-based hydrogels in a murine critical limb ischemic model

H. Layman, X. Li, S. M. Pham, F. M. Andreopoulos;

Univ. of Miami, Miami, FL.

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Local erythromycin delivery in a rat osteolysis model

D. C. Markel1, R. Zhang2, M. Hawkins2, P. Wooley3, W. Ren4;

1Providence Hosp., Southfield, MI, 2Stryker Orthopedics, Mahwah, NJ, 3Orthopedic Res. Inst., Wichita, KS, 4Wayne State Univ., Detroit, MI.

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Novel Porous Scaffold for Releasing Bioactive Molecules

A. M. Nair, J. Yang, L. Tang;

The Univ. of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX.

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Polymer-coated Albumin Nanoparticles for Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 Delivery: Pharmacokinetics and Osteoinduction Study

S. Zhang, C. Kucharski, H. Uludag;

Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, CANADA.

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Local Delivery of PDGF-BB from Polyurethane Scaffold Enhances Tissue Regeneration in Rat Excisional Wounds

b. li, J. M. Davidson, S. A. Guelcher;

vanderbilt Univ., nashville, TN.

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Incorporation of Double-Walled Microspheres into Polymer Nerve Guides for the Sustained Delivery of Neurotrophic Factors

L. E. Kokai;

Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.

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Localized Hydrogel Delivery to the Spinal Cord

M. S. Shoichet1, C. E. Kang1, M. D. Baumann1, Y. Wang1, K. Vulic1, J. Stanwick1, C. H. Tator2;

1Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CANADA, 2Toronto Western Res. Inst., Toronto, ON, CANADA.

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Matrix Metalloproteinase Degradable PEG Hydrogel with High DNA/PEI Loading for Tissue Engineering

Y. Lei, T. Segura;

Univ. of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.

Orthopedic Bearing Surfaces

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Post-implantation Evaluation and Damage Characterization of Retrieved Dynamic Antibiotic Cement Spacers

D. Jaekel1, G. Klein2, J. Day3, H. Levine2, P. Shah1, H. Patel1, A. Cohen1, S. Kurtz1;

1Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA, 2Hackensack Univ. Med. Ctr., Hackensack, NJ, 3Exponent, Inc, Philadelphia, PA.

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Wear Performance Of Large Diameter Differential Hardness Metal-on-Metal and Ceramic-on-Metal Hip Bearings

S. Nambu1, J. Moseley1, M. Carroll1, F. Billi2;

1Wright Med. Technology, Arlington, TN, 2Los Angeles Orthopedic Hosp., Los Angeles, CA.

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Crosslinking of UHMWPE Without Radiation

D. Sun1, L. Terrill2, S. Lin2, W. Petty2, R. Tsay3, G. Chou3;

1Taiwan Scientific Corp., Taipei, TAIWAN, 2Exactech, Inc., Gainesville, FL, 3Inst. of BioMed. Engineering, Natl. Yang-Ming Univ., Taipei, TAIWAN.

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Vitamin E Diffusion Process Elevates Remelting of Irradiation Crosslinked UHMWPE

S-S. Yau1, K-P. Le1, J. W. Blitz1, J. H. Dumbleton2;

1Stryker Orthopaedics, Mahwah, NJ, 2Consultancy in Med. Devices, Ridgewood, NJ.

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Biostability, Biocompatibility and Mechanical Properties of a Hyaluronan-Polyethylene Copolymer

R. Oldinski1, M. Gobek1, S. James1, M. Staiger2;

1Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO, 2Univ. of Canterbury, Christ Church, NEW ZEALAND.

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Hip Simulator Wear Testing Of Polycarbonate Urethane Acetabular Cups as Compared to Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Cups

K. R. St. John1, N. J. Hallab2, S. M. Kurtz3;

1Univ. of Mississippi Med. Ctr., Jackson, MS, 2Bioengineering Solutions Inc., Oak Park, IL, 3Exponent, Philadelphia, PA.

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Wear and friction of a multi-bearing acetabular system

A. Kamali;

Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics Ltd, Leamington Spa, UNITED KINGDOM.

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Novel Nanostructured Coatings Induce Osteogenic Differentiation of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells

S. Dimitrievska1, R. Lima1, M. Basil1, J. Antoniou2, A. Petit3, M. N. Bureau1;

1Natl. Res. Council Canada, Boucherville, QC, CANADA, 2Orthopaedic Res. Lab., Royal Victoria Hosp.,, Montreal, QC, CANADA, 3Dept. of Orthopaedic, Jewish Gen. Hosp.- SBMD, Montreal, QC, CANADA.

PEEK Biomaterials: From Isoelastic Hip Stems to Bone Scaffolds (Symposia)

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 Incorporating Hydroxyapatite and Porosity in PEEK for Orthopaedic and Spine Applications

R. K. Roeder;

Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN.

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Plasma Surface modification of PEEK to improve primary human osteoblast cell adhesion and function

A. H. C. Poulsson, R. G. Richards;

AO Res. Inst., Davos Platz, SWITZERLAND.

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New Technique for Crystallinity Measurements of Medical Grade PEEK Utilizing FTIR-microscopy

D. Jaekel, F. Medel, S. Kurtz;

Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA.

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In Vitro Analysis of Novel Porous PEEK Orthopedic Biomaterial

B. Landy1, S. VanGordon1, M. Jarman-Smith2, P. McFetridge1, V. Sikavitsas1;

1Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 2Invibio Ltd.,, Lancashire FY5 4QD, UNITED KINGDOM.

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Plasma Spray Deposition of Titanium and Hydroxyapatite on PEEK and Carbon Fiber-Reinforced PEEK

P. Robotti1, S. Vedova1, A. Fabbri1, C. Migliaresi2, V. Fontanari2;

1Eurocoating Spa, Cirè-Pergine, Trento, ITALY, 2Univ. of Trento, Trento, ITALY.

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Exploring the Wear of a PEEK All-Polymer Articulation for Spinal Applications

H. Austin1, M. Powell2, J. Medley1, D. Langohr1;

1Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, CANADA, 2Medtronic, Spine & Biologics, Memphis, TN.

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Fatigue Crack Initiation and Propagation Behavior of Neat PEEK under Notched Conditions

M. Sobieraj1, J. Murphy1, J. Brinkman1, S. Kurtz2, C. Rimnac1;

1Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH, 2Exponent, Inc. and Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA.

Peptide Functionalized Materials for Directed Cell Response

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S1P-Mediated Endothelial Cell Migration into Porous Poly(ethylene glycol) Modular Scaffolds Formed in the Presence of HepG2 Cells

E. A. Scott, M. D. Nichols, D. L. Elbert;

Washington Univ. in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO.

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Bio-Artificial Matrix for Therapeutic Vascularization

E. A. Phelps, A. M. Wojtowicz, P. M. Thulé, W. R. Taylor, A. J. García;

Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA.

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Engineered Synthetic Platelets and Their Augmentation of Hemostasis

J. P. Bertram, E. B. Lavik;

Yale Univ., New Haven, CT.

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Sequential Click Reactions for Synthesizing and Patterning 3D Cell Microenvironments

C. A. DeForest1, E. A. Sims1, B. D. Polizzotti2, K. S. Anseth2;

1Univeristy of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 2Univeristy of Colorado / HHMI, Boulder, CO.

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Molecularly Engineered PEG Hydrogels with Enhanced Proteolysis

J. Patterson, J. A. Hubbell;

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, SWITZERLAND.

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A Dynamic Ligand Presentation System to Examine Adhesive Ligand “Temporal Threshold”

T. A. Petrie1, E. A. Phelps1, M. Wirkner2, A. Del Campo2, A. J. Garcia1;

1Georgia Inst. of Technology, atlanta, GA, 2Max-Planck-Inst. für Metallforschung, Stuttgart, GERMANY.

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Osteoinductive Polymer Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering: A Surface-Modification Approach

D. A. Lee1, C. T. Laurencin2;

1Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA, 2Univ. of Connecticut, Farmington, CT.

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Osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells directed by extracellular matrix-mimicking ligands in a biomimetic self-assembled peptide amphiphile nanomatrix

J. Anderson, M. Kushwaha, A. Tambralli, S. L. Bellis, R. P. Camata, H-W. Jun;

Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.

Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering: Basic Principles, Processing Methods and Novel Developments

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Epicardial placement of an elastic, biodegradable patch induces muscle tissue similar to embryonic myocardium in the post-infarcted wall and preserves cardiac functional reserve

K. L. Fujimoto1, K. Tobita1, J. Guan1, Y. Hong1, K. E. Yutzey2, B. B. Keller1, W. R. Wagner1;

1Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 2Cincinnati Children's Med. Ctr., Cincinnati, OH.

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Integrated Dual Scaffolding System for Engineering of Muscle-Tendon Junctions

M. R. Ladd, S. Lee, A. Atala, J. J. Yoo;

Wake Forest Inst. for Regenerative Med., Winston-Salem, NC.

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Bilayered Scaffold for Engineering Fully Cellularized Small Diameter Blood Vessels

Y. Ju, S. Lee, J. Choi, A. Atala, J. J. Yoo;

Wake Forest Inst. for Regenerative Med., Winston-Salem, NC.

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Evaluation of ECM components in Biodegradable Hydrogels for Chondrogenic Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells

L. H. Nguyen, N. Guckert, A. Kapuria, K. Roy;

Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX.

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Preparation of Artificail Fibrous Nano Extracellular Matrices on Cell Surface for Layered Tissues

K. Kadowaki, M. Matsusaki, M. Akashi;

Graduate Sch. of Engineering, Osaka Univ., Osaka, JAPAN.

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Crystallization mechanism of the PVA-Theta hydrogel as load bearing synthetic articular cartilage

H. Bodugoz Senturk1, C. E. Macias2, O. K. Muratoglu1;

1Massachusetts Gen. Hosp./Harvard Med. Sch., Boston, MA, 2Massachusetts Gen. Hosp., Boston, MA.

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An elastic, biodegradable cardiac patch induces muscle regeneration with preserved cardiac function in a porcine myocardial infarction model

K. L. Fujimoto, K. Tobita, J. Guan, R. Hashizume, Y. Hong, T. Ota, B. B. Keller, W. R. Wagner;

Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.

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Novel Poly(ethylene glycol) Cloud Point Microspheres Used To Form Macroporous Scaffolds

M. D. Nichols, E. A. Scott, D. L. Elbert;

Washington Univ. in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO.