Marcel E. Nimni
Professor of Surgery, Biochemistry and Orthopaedics, Keck School of Medicine Director of Laboratory of Connective Tissue Biochemistry and Anomalies Director of Surgical Research
Contact at: (323) 442-2783 or nimni@hsc.usc.edu
Expertise:
- bioprosthetic implants
- tissue implant devices
- biochemistry of connective tissues
- collagen - biochemistry and molecular biology
- collagen diseases
- calcification of heart valves
- bone formation
- growth factors - targeted delivery
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science and Society
for Biomaterials
Editor of Collagen: Biochemistry, Biomechanics and Biotechnology (1988)
Co-editor of Collagen: Molecular Biology, vol. 4 (1989) and Collagen:
Pathobiochemistry, vol. 5 (1991)
Recipient of NIH Merit Award (1988) for study of bone formation
Foreign Languages:
Spanish
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