Application of novel biomaterials in colloidal drug delivery systems

The development of biomaterials to treat, repair, or reconstruct the human body is an increasingly important component of materials research. Collabor ation between materials researchers and their industrial and clinical partn ers is essential for the development of this complex field. To demonstrate the importance of these interactions, two articles in this issue focus on a dvances in biomaterials relating to the use of colloidal systems for transp ort, drug delivery, and of her medical applications. These articles were co ordinated by Dominique Muster (Universite' Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg) and F ranz Burny (Hopital Erasme, Brussels). The following is the second of these two articles.