POLYMERS　Vol.66　No.9

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COVER STORY Polymers for Modern Medical Treatment

There is no doubt that the dramatic increase of life expectancy in modern society has been supported by the development of advanced healthcare. Like the ubiquity of plastics in everyday life, medical devices increasingly utilize polymeric materials, from basic to cutting-edge instruments. Medical tools directly interface with the human body, which necessitates specific requirements regarding safety and functionality. This plays an important, but often overlooked, role in materials design and characterization. In this special feature, we will focus on the requirements and difficulties of using polymeric materials in modern medical treatment. Editors: KUROKAWA, KOJIMA, TAI, and MITSUISHI

Digest for English Readers

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Hot Topics in Polymer Science in SPSJ

481

Commentary

Creation of Regenarative Therapy using Temperature-Responsive Surfaces

Teruo OKANO

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COVER STORY: Highlight Reviews

Development of Small-Diameter Vascular Graft Made from Silk	Tetsuo ASAKURA	483
Polymer Nanomedicine	Yukio NAGASAKI	486
An Innovative Surgical Sealant with Strong Bonding Strength	Ryo MIZUTA, Akihiro NISHIGUCHI, Tetsushi TAGUCHI	490

PolyMANGA

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COVER STORY: Topics and Products

Development of Polylactic acid Micro Blood Collection Needle Aimed for Zeroing Infectious Garbage of Medical Needles by Learning from Nature	Mitsuo FUKUDA	495
Development of Novel Polymer Based Pre-Fillable Syringe that can Resolve Serious Issues for Biopharmaceutical Drugs	Yoshihiko ABE	497
Development of Thermo-Responsive Cell Cultureware, UpCell®, for Regenerative Medicine	Setsuko HASHIMOTO	499

Polymer Science and I: A Personal Account

In the Research of Interfaces

Daiki MURAKAMI

501

Messages: “Work and Life”

Inheritance of the Research Philosophy and Development of Human Resources in Industry

Midori TAKIMOTO-KAMIMURA

502

Front-Line Polymer Science

Self-Healing of Tough Polymers by Ubiquitous Stimuli

Naoko YOSHIE

503

From My Bookshelf

Isamu KANEDA / Masanobu NAITO

507

Reports from Local Divisions

Report from the 63rd Polymer Research Symposium (Kobe)

Koji FUKAO

508

Messages from SPSJ

509

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