Advanced Materials: Safe Biomaterials or Certified Medical Devices?
Abstract
To talk about biomaterials and their development, we would have to remember the history that humanity has traversed to reach the era of advanced materials. We are a post-pandemic civilization that carries the experience of an industrial revolution, two world wars, two atomic bombs, an aerospace race, and at least 150 years of documented scientific history. Each of these events has driven the generation of better and more tools, so it is not surprising that life expectancy has progressively increased, from 34 years in 1913 to 75 years in 2022 [1]. However, evaluating the biological response of a material over time and circumstances has been and continues to be a challenge for the scientific community. Let's not go far; we are still observing and awaiting the effects of vaccines that were administered to a large portion of the world's population against SARS-CoV-2. We are sitting, watching from the sidelines, hoping that serious side effects or new health alerts do not arise.
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