This course aims to provide students with a broad understanding of cutting-edge development in biomedical materials, devices and implants, and their emerging applications in clinical medicine. This course will introduce successful stories from bench to bedside (and beyond), discuss exciting breakthroughs in nanomedicine, tissue engineering, cancer therapy and regenerative medicine, as well as outline important regulatory and marketing challenges for these inventions. Pre-requisite: None

CILO-1: Appreciate the state-of-the-art and treading stories in biomaterials. CILO-2: Understand the art and underlying principles of biomaterials for tissue engineering, including tissue repairs, wound healing and regenerative medicine. CILO-3: Design novel materials for tissue engineering. CILO-4: Understand the art and underlying principles of interventional medicine. CILO-5: Design novel materials for interventional medicine.