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John A Szivek Ph.D.
Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
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Current Projects:
Synthetic Scaffold Development to Support Cartilage Tissue; Adipose Tissue Derived Stem Cells for Cartilage Tissue Engineering; Implantable Load Sensing Systems; Implantable Transmitter System Development; Accelerated Cell Alignment through Cyclic Loading of Cells; Cell Sorting to Concentrate Stem Cells for Tissue Engineering
Selected Publications
Szivek JA, Margolis DS, Garrison BK, Nelson E, Vaidyanathan RK, Deyoung DW. Jan 2005. TGF-beta1-enhanced TCP-coated sensate scaffolds can detect bone bonding. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater,2005 Jan 28;
Margolis DS, Lien YH, Lai LW, Szivek JA. May 2004. Bilateral symmetry of biomechanical properties in mouse femora. Med Eng Phys, 26:349-53
Szivek JA, Nelson ER, Hajdu SD, Yablonski K, DeYoung DW. Mar 2004. Transforming growth factor-beta1 accelerates bone bonding to a blended calcium phosphate ceramic coating: a dose-response study. J Biomed Mater Res A, 68:537-43
Fernandez MM, Szivek JA, Margolis DS. Aug 2003. Evaluation of a new CPC-to-gauge bonding technique with the use of in vitro fluid flow. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater, 66:514-9