1. Recent advances in synthesis, characterization of hydroxyapatite/polyurethane composites and study of their biocompatible properties

   • L. M. Popescu
   • R. M. Piticescu
   • T. Buruiana

   OriginalPaper 23 July 2013 Pages: 2491 - 2503

   

2. Water soluble fluorescence quantum dot probe labeling liver cancer cells

   • Baoxing Chang
   • Xianjun Yang
   • Baiqi Wang

   OriginalPaper 26 July 2013 Pages: 2505 - 2508

   

3. Characterisation of a metallic foam–cement composite under selected loading conditions

   • Gianluca Tozzi
   • Qing-Hang Zhang
   • Hans-Jurgen Christ

   OriginalPaper 12 July 2013 Pages: 2509 - 2518

   

4. XPS and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy studies on effects of the porcelain firing process on surface and corrosion properties of two nickel–chromium dental alloys

   • Jing Qiu
   • Chun-bo Tang
   • Guo-ping Wang

   OriginalPaper 24 July 2013 Pages: 2519 - 2528

   

5. Molecular design and evaluation of biodegradable polymers using a statistical approach

   • Dan Y. Lewitus
   • Fabian Rios
   • Joachim Kohn

   OriginalPaper 26 July 2013 Pages: 2529 - 2535

   

6. Coating of metal implant materials with strontium

   • Matthias J. Frank
   • Martin S. Walter
   • Håvard J. Haugen

   OriginalPaper 26 July 2013 Pages: 2537 - 2548

   

7. Influence of the carboxymethyl chitosan anti-adhesion solution on the TGF-β1 in a postoperative peritoneal adhesion rat

   • Zengjuan Zheng
   • Weifen Zhang
   • Heidi M. Mansour

   OriginalPaper 03 July 2013 Pages: 2549 - 2559

   

8. Factor XII activation markers do not reflect FXII dependence of thrombin generation induced by polyvinylchloride

   • Rolf Dario Frank
   • Ute Mueller
   • Jürgen Floege

   OriginalPaper 18 July 2013 Pages: 2561 - 2566

   

9. Regeneration of critical bone defects with anionic collagen matrix as scaffolds

   • Fúlvio Borges Miguel
   • Aryon de Almeida Barbosa Júnior
   • Fabiana Paim Rosa

   OriginalPaper 20 June 2013 Pages: 2567 - 2575

   

10. Emulsion electrospun nanofibers as substrates for cardiomyogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells

    • Lingling Tian
    • Molamma P. Prabhakaran
    • Seeram Ramakrishna

    OriginalPaper 13 July 2013 Pages: 2577 - 2587

    

11. In vitro study of dual drug-eluting stents with locally focused sirolimus and atorvastatin release

    • Svea Petersen
    • Janine Hussner
    • Katrin Sternberg

    OriginalPaper 12 July 2013 Pages: 2589 - 2600

    

12. Accelerated endothelialization with a polymer-free sirolimus-eluting antibody-coated stent

    • Zhanjiang Yu
    • Huagang Zhu
    • Xiaoda Yang

    OriginalPaper 23 August 2013 Pages: 2601 - 2609

    

13. Carbonic anhydrase immobilized on hollow fiber membranes using glutaraldehyde activated chitosan for artificial lung applications

    • J. D. Kimmel
    • D. T. Arazawa
    • W. J. Federspiel

    OriginalPaper 26 July 2013 Pages: 2611 - 2621

    

14. Can we regrow a human arm? An overview and summary

    • Joachim Kohn

    Announcement 29 September 2013 Pages: 2623 - 2626

15. Regeneration of the limb: opinions on the reality

    • Eugene Yong-Shun See
    • Mangesh Kulkarni
    • Abhay Pandit

    OriginalPaper 29 September 2013 Pages: 2627 - 2633

    

16. Can we regrow a human arm? A negative perspective from an upper-limb surgeon

    • Antonio Merolli

    OriginalPaper 29 September 2013 Pages: 2635 - 2638

    

17. Why we cannot grow a human arm

    • John L. Ricci

    OriginalPaper 10 October 2013 Pages: 2639 - 2643

18. Going out on a limb about regrowing an arm

    • Buddy D. Ratner

    OriginalPaper 17 October 2013 Pages: 2645 - 2649

    

19. Promising perspectives towards regrowing a human arm

    • Malgorzata Lewandowska-Szumiel
    • Ilona Kalaszczynska

    OriginalPaper Open access 29 September 2013 Pages: 2651 - 2657

20. A road map for a tissue engineering concept for restoring structure and function after limb loss

    • Dietmar W. Hutmacher

    OriginalPaper 02 October 2013 Pages: 2659 - 2663