Bioactive glass scaffolds for bone regeneration and their hierarchical characterisation

• Published in: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part H, Journal of engineering in medicine Vol. 224; no. 12; p. 1373
• Main Authors: Jones, J R, Lin, S, Yue, S, Lee, P D, Hanna, J V, Smith, M E, Newport, R J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.12.2010
• Subjects: Animals; Bone Development - physiology; Bone Regeneration - physiology; Bone Substitutes - chemistry; Humans; Manufactured Materials; Tissue Engineering - instrumentation; Tissue Engineering - methods; Tissue Scaffolds

Scaffolds are needed that can act as temporary templates for bone regeneration and actively stimulate vascularized bone growth so that bone grafting is no longer necessary. To achieve this, the scaffold must have a suitable interconnected pore network and be made of an osteogenic material. Bioactive...