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The adoption of combinatorial and computational methods in biomaterials design is a highway towards the discovery and realization of tailored polymeric materials to satisfy the specific requirements of many diverse biomedical or prosthetic applications.

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Figure 1: Implants and prostheses for the bionic man.

Danilo Ducak, Popular Mechanics.

Figure 2: The first degradable, radio-opaque polymer coronary stent1.

REVA Medical, San Diego, California.

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Kohn, J. New approaches to biomaterials design. Nature Mater 3, 745–747 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat1249

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