Editors Bose, Bandyopadhyay, and Narayan present readers with a collection of research papers selected from materials presented at the Next Generation Biomaterials and Surface Properties of Biomaterials symposia held in October of 2013 in Canada. The selections that make up the main body of the text are devoted to bioactive glass-ceramic scaffolds with high-strength for orthopedic applications, navigating the new AIA U.S. patent law, the metallurgical characterization of a laser-sintered cobalt-chromium dental alloy, and a wide variety of other related subjects. Susmita Bose and Amit Bandyopadhyay are faculty members of Washington State University. Roger Narayan is with the UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
