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8.7 Sources of further information and advice
As standardization in the eld of degradable materials (especially metals) is
not very advanced there are many possibilities to include scienti c knowl-
edge to these processes. This can be done by participation in the ISO (http://
www.iso.org/) or ASTM (http://www.astm.org/) workgroups, which are cur-
rently evaluating the needs for standardization.
Selected initiatives dealing with the application of magnesium for
medical purposes
EU-project MagnIM: http://www.magnim.eu/
Collaborative research center (SFB 599, only in German) – http://www.
sfb599.de/
NSF Engineering research center for revolutionizing metallic biomateri-
als – http://erc.ncat.edu/ ...