biomaterials

i'm loving this class. it's hard, it's been a long time since i've studied histology. but it's all the stuff i used to love. cell types, properties. although i don't have all my amino acid structures memorized anymore. haha.

did you know that early bone engineering began by implanting a piece of coral which was seeded with osteoblasts (bone generating cells)? if you look at a picture, it's pretty cool. but i won't show you because it's a little bloody. this isn't actually new information for me, i've learned it before. but i've always found tissue re-engineering interesting. stop laughing amy....