Journal of Bioactive and Compatible Polymers
The use and importance of biomedical polymers, especially in pharmacology, is growing rapidly. The Journal of Bioactive and Compatible Polymers is a fully peer-reviewed scholarly journal that provides biomedical polymer scientists and researchers with new information on important advances in this field.
Examples of specific areas of interest to the journal include: polymeric drugs and drug design; polymeric functionalization and structures related to biological activity or compatibility; natural polymer modification to achieve specific biological activity or compatibility; enzyme modelling by polymers; membranes for biological use; liposome stabilization and cell modeling. This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
All issues of the Journal of Bioactive and Compatible Polymers are available to browse online.
The use and importance of polymers for biologically relevant applications is currently one of the most rapidly growing sciences. The Journal of Bioactive and Compatible Polymers provides polymer scientists and researchers throughout the world with current frontier research advances in the field.
Coverage includes advances in the following biomedical areas:
- Polymeric scaffolds for tissue engineering and tissue regeneration
- Polymeric drugs and prodrug systems • Polymer drug delivery and targeted delivery systems • Polymeric biosensors and stimuli-sensitive biosystems
- Polymeric assembly systems and biodegradable polymers for bioapplications
- Modeling and modification of enzyme-sensitive polymer systems
- Biorelated polymers with unique properties and bioapplications
Kathryn Uhrich | University of California, Riverside, USA |
Raphael M. Ottenbrite | Virginia Commonwealth University, USA |
Kazunari Akiyoshi | Kyoto University, Japan |
Hamid Omidian | Nova Southeastern University, USA |
Thomas J. Pacansky | Apollo Ventures, USA |
Ki Dong Park | Ajou University, South Korea |
Shrirang Ranade | Genentech Inc, USA |
Carmen Scholz | University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA |
Emo Chiellini | University of Pisa, Italy |
Ruth Duncan | Cardiff University, UK |
Allan S Hoffman | University of Washington, USA |
Robert S Langer | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA |
Gary L. Bowlin | University of Memphis, USA |
Guoping Chen | National Institute for Materials Science, JAPAN |
Federica Chiellini | Pisa University, Italy |
Fu-Zhai Cui | Tsinghua University, China |
Emir Baki Denkbas | Haceteppe University, Turkey |
Ulrica Edlund | KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden |
Jun Ge | Stryker Corp, USA |
Aaron Goldstein | Virginia Tech, USA |
Thomas Groth | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany |
Tony Guiseppi-Elie | Clemson University, USA |
Mamoru Haratake | Nagasaki University, Japan |
Arash Hatefi | Rutgers University, USA |
Dietmar Hutmacher | Queensland University of Technology, Australia |
Kenichi Kuroda | University of Michigan, USA |
Hiroshi Maeda | Kumamoto University, Japan |
Joao Mano | University of Aveiro, Portugal |
Nevenka Manolova | Institute of Polymers, Bulgaria |
Monica Mattioli Belmonte | Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Italy |
Kinam Park | Purdue University, USA |
Erhan Piskin | Hacettepe University, Turkey |
Yong-Juan Ren | Johns Hopkins University, USA |
Julio San Roman | Institute of Science and Technology of Polymers (CSIC), Spain |
Kevin Shakesheff | University of Nottingham, UK |
Karel Ulbrich | Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Czech Republic |
Xiaohong Wang | Tsinghua University, China |
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