Biomaterials is an international journal covering the science and clinical application of biomaterials. A biomaterial is now defined as a substance that has been engineered to take a form which, alone or as part of a complex system, is used to direct, by control of interactions with components of living systems, the course of any therapeutic or diagnostic procedure. It is the aim of the journal to provide a peer-reviewed forum for the publication of original papers and authoritative review and opinion papers dealing with the most important issues facing the use of biomaterials in clinical practice. The scope of the journal covers the wide range of physical, biological and chemical sciences that underpin the design of biomaterials and the clinical disciplines in which they are used. These sciences include polymer synthesis and characterization, drug and gene vector design, the biology of the host response, immunology and toxicology and self assembly at the nanoscale. Clinical applications include the therapies of medical technology and regenerative medicine in all clinical disciplines, and diagnostic systems that reply on innovative contrast and sensing agents. The journal is relevant to areas such as cancer diagnosis and therapy, implantable devices, drug delivery systems, gene vectors, bionanotechnology and tissue engineering.

《生物材料》是一本涉及生物材料科學(xué)和臨床應(yīng)用的國際期刊。生物材料現(xiàn)在被定義為一種被設(shè)計成單獨(dú)或作為復(fù)雜系統(tǒng)一部分的形式的物質(zhì)，通過控制與生物系統(tǒng)組成部分的相互作用來指導(dǎo)任何治療或診斷程序的過程。該雜志的目的是提供一個同行評審的論壇，以發(fā)表原始論文和權(quán)威的評論和意見論文，處理臨床實(shí)踐中使用生物材料面臨的最重要問題。該雜志的范圍涵蓋了廣泛的物理、生物和化學(xué)科學(xué)，這些科學(xué)為生物材料的設(shè)計和使用它們的臨床學(xué)科提供了基礎(chǔ)。這些科學(xué)包括聚合物合成和表征、藥物和基因載體設(shè)計、宿主反應(yīng)生物學(xué)、免疫學(xué)和毒理學(xué)以及納米級的自組裝。臨床應(yīng)用包括醫(yī)療技術(shù)和再生醫(yī)學(xué)在所有臨床學(xué)科的治療，以及對創(chuàng)新的造影劑和傳感劑作出反應(yīng)的診斷系統(tǒng)。該雜志與癌癥診斷和治療、植入式裝置、藥物輸送系統(tǒng)、基因載體、生物納米技術(shù)和組織工程等領(lǐng)域有關(guān)