Injectable biocomposites for bone healing in rabbit femoral condyle defects.

A novel biomimetic bone scaffold was successfully prepared in this study, which was composed of calcium sulfate hemihydrate (CSH), collagen and nano-hydroxyapatite (nHAC). CSH/nHAC was prepared and observed with scanning electron microscope and rhBMP-2 was introduced into CSH/nHAC. The released prot...

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Main Authors: Jianheng Liu, Kezheng Mao, Zhengsheng Liu, Xiumei Wang, Fuzhai Cui, Wenguang Guo, Keya Mao, Shuying Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3797737?pdf=render