1. Introduction : materials in biology and medicine / David B. Henthorn and Sunggyu Lee -- 2. Biomaterials / Sujata K. Bhatia and Surita R. Bhatia -- 3. Hydrophilic polymers for biomedical applications / Frank Davis and Sǎmus P.J. Higson -- 4. Hydrogels / Jae Hyun Park ... [et al.] -- 5. Polyanhydrides / Maria P. Torres ... [et al.] -- 6. Functional biomaterials / Chun Wang -- 7. Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) / Gregory T. Rushton and Ken. D. Shimizu -- 8. Functionalization of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) / David B. Henthorn -- 9. Animal cell culture / Shang-Tian Yang and Shubhayu Basu -- 10. Tissue engineering / Shang-Tian Yang and Clayt Robinson -- 11. Bioactive devices / Sujata K. Bhatia and Surita R. Bhatia -- 12. Cell encapsulation / James Blanchette -- 13. BioMEMS / L. James Lee -- 14. Immobilized enzyme technology / Charles G. Hill, Jr., Cristina Otero, and Hugo S. Garcia -- 15. Biocompatibility-imparting nanofilm coating / Hirotsugu K. Yasuda.