School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, 29 Oxford Street, 319 Pierce Hall, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.
Nature. 2009 Nov 26;462(7272):426-32. doi: 10.1038/nature08601.
Biomaterials, traditionally defined as materials used in medical devices, have been used since antiquity, but recently their degree of sophistication has increased significantly. Biomaterials made today are routinely information rich and incorporate biologically active components derived from nature. In the future, biomaterials will assume an even greater role in medicine and will find use in a wide variety of non-medical applications through biologically inspired design and incorporation of dynamic behaviour.
生物材料，传统上定义为用于医疗器械的材料，自古以来就被使用，但最近它们的复杂程度有了显著提高。如今制造的生物材料通常具有丰富的信息，并包含源自自然的生物活性成分。在未来，生物材料将在医学中发挥更大的作用，并通过受生物启发的设计和动态行为的结合，在各种非医疗应用中找到用途。
