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Science 8 February 2002:
Vol. 295. no. 5557, pp. 1014 - 1017
DOI: 10.1126/science.1067404
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Third-Generation Biomedical Materials

Larry L. Hench,* Julia M. Polak*

Whereas second-generation biomaterials were designed to be either resorbable or bioactive, the next generation of biomaterials is combining these two properties, with the aim of developing materials that, once implanted, will help the body heal itself.

Department of Materials and the Tissue Engineering Centre, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BP, UK.
*   To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: l.hench{at}ic.ac.uk and julia.polak{at}ic.ac.uk

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