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Science Career Magazine

Issue for November 02, 2001

Science Career Magazine
Careers in Bioengineering: *Feature Index*
By  Lesley McKarney  - C lassified? Not really. Top Secret? No longer. Converging technologies--they're what bioengineering is all about today. From microprocessor-based medical devices and rehabilitative engineering to implantable devices and biomaterials, bioengineering is that branch of applied science that integrates physical, chemical, and mathematical sciences and engineering principles in the study of biology,
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Transplantation Without a Donor
By  Mary-Ellen Shay  - "We take these cells that have been grown in the lab and begin seeding the mold to create a new organ. It is like baking a layered cake, one layer at a time," Atala explains.
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From Germany to Singapore: Breaking New Ground for Tissue Engineering R&D
By  Dietmar Hutmacher, Jan-Thorsten Schantz  - In a cost-controlled health-care environment, only those technologies capable of providing a major enhancement to the quality of life and a reduction in cost will be driven forward.
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European Science Bytes 3
By  Next Wave Staff  - Further Funding for PhD Training Establishing Independence Germany and Canada Cooperation Carbohydrate Combo Further Funding for Pioneering Ph.D. Training The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), which supports Next Wave Germany, has announced that it will fund a further 25 so-called "Graduiertenkollegs" (young researchers group) from the beginning of next year, including seven
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Careers in Bioengineering: Overview
By  Lesley McKarney  - Science has yet to advance us to the level depicted in