Robert Langer has spent more than 30 years working with biomaterials and has seen their development from simple implants to complex multifunctional interfaces with the body. He shares his vision of the field's origins and what the future holds with Nature Materials.
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Stoddart, A., Cleave, V. The evolution of biomaterials. Nature Mater 8, 444–445 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat2447
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