Contains 25 articles presented at the September 1997 symposium, BIOMED-4, assembled to offer young researchers a sampling of current work in this multifaceted field and to promote the international interchange of ideas in subjects ranging from polymers, adjuvants, and vaccines to pharmaceutical, bio

Advancing with Biomedical Engineering Today, in most developed countries, modem hospitals have become centers of sophis- ticated health care delivery using advanced technological methods. These have come from the emergence of a new interdisciplinary field and profession, commonly referred to as "Bio- medical Engineering." Although what is included in the field of biomedical engineering is quite clear, there are some disagreements about its definition. In its most comprehensive meaning, biomedical engineering is the application of the principles and methods of engi- neering and basic sciences...