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No easy choice in "The Future of Sutures"
Press Release from December 5, 2008 International winners of the ideas competition initiated by B. Braun Melsungen AG receive awards in Berlin. Download DOC (64 KB) >>
The proud winners of the competition, surrounded by musicians of the German foundation Musikleben and William Thomas, vice-president of The Royal College of Surgeons of England and jury member of the competition (2nd from right)
W E G (Bill) Thomas BSC MBBS FRCS MS
Chairman of Education at the Royal College of Surgeons of England
The Future of Sutures competition is under the auspices of the Royal College of Surgeons of England amongst others. What has motivated the College to accept this task? For centuries surgeons have inflicted wounds upon their patients and sutures have been the mainstay of wound reconstruction and healing. The Royal College of Surgeons of England, in its role of helping to set standards within the practice of surgery, has therefore a strong interest in the future of sutures in that it is always seeking out the best for the sake of our patients’ clinical care. We have therefore been highly motivated to support the The Future of Sutures competition because we believe that this will result in high quality research resulting in the development of more effective and efficient methods of wound closure which can only be to the benefit of our patients’ clinical care.
Secretary General of the German Society of Surgeons (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chirurgie, DGCH), Berlin
The competition The Future of Sutures is held, besides others, under the patronage of the DGCH – what has motivated you to support this particular competition? This competition is about an essential part of surgery – wound closure. After all, surgeons do not only cut open, they also close tissue. The Future of Sutures – or, generally speaking, the scientific advancement of our discipline – is a major concern of the DGCH. It is our goal to encourage and support scientific research and we feel the competition aims at exactly that. We are convinced that interdisciplinary exchange is the key to scientific progress the DGCH is supporting The Future of Sutures.
The Future of Sutures competition is among others under the auspices of the European Federation of Biotechnology. What has motivated you to accept this task? While the European Federation of Biotechnology is not specialized in the area of sutures or wound closure, red-biotechnology, whether biopharmaceuticals or bio-medical technologies, is an extremely important field of biotechnology in which innovations have brought major advances in health and well-being to society. The EFB seeks to support innovation in the life sciences that benefits society, and advances in medical technologies that can bring major advances in healthcare and major benefits to patients such as those which may be stimulated by the The Future of Sutures competition. We feel it is also important that this competition is not just about new sutures, but about new developments in related fields.
