Biocompatibility has moved from a technical footnote to a central topic in health care, manufacturing, and policy conversations. As medical devices, implants, and wearable health technologies become more common, understanding whether a material will perform safely inside the human body has real consequences for patients, providers, and the companies that design and produce these products….

Human healing is remarkable but incomplete. Unlike some animals that can regrow complex structures, people typically heal through scar formation and repair rather than true regeneration. That limitation has driven decades of research into engineered solutions that nudge the body toward rebuilding lost or damaged tissues. Biomaterials — purpose-built scaffolds and matrices designed to interact…