Bioengineering in the Millennium

Abstract

The National Institute of Health (NIH) held an innovative, first of its kind, bioengineering symposium in Bethesda, Maryland, USA on February 27 - 28, 1998 at the Natcher Conference Centre. The purpose of this meeting was to chart the future of bioengineering research into the 21st century.

Harold E. Varmus, MD, Noble Laureate in Medicine and Director of NIH, welcomed the delegates during the opening session. According to Dr. Varmus, “Bioengineering advances the nation's health by increasing biological knowledge through the use of engineering principles and techniques and contributes methods that have facilitated the development of novel devices and drugs”.