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【简介】 The Institute for Biomedical engineering, Materials Science and Application (BMSA) was raised on October 8th, 1997 as one of the institutes of the Faculty of Medical Sciences and the University Hospital Groningen. The institute has as its primary objective to bring together pre-clinical and clinical research groups and upon foundation, its mission statement was formulated as follows:
To establish a center of expertise for the entire stage of biomedical materials science and its application involving basic materials science, medical product development and clinical evaluation that will contribute to the long-lasting well-being of patients in need of biomaterials implants and extra-corporal support systems.
BMSA includes the departments of Biomedical engineering, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical microbiology, Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Cardiology and Thoracian Surgery, Urology, Otorhinolaryngology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ophthalmology, Dentistry and Polymer Chemistry (Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences).
