Safety evaluation of a bioglass-polylactic acid composite scaffold seeded with progenitor cells in a rat skull critical-size bone defect.

Treating large bone defects represents a major challenge in traumatic and orthopedic surgery. Bone tissue engineering provides a promising therapeutic option to improve the local bone healing response. In the present study tissue biocompatibility, systemic toxicity and tumorigenicity of a newly deve...

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Main Authors: Karam Eldesoqi, Dirk Henrich, Abeer M El-Kady, Mahmoud S Arbid, Bothaina M Abd El-Hady, Ingo Marzi, Caroline Seebach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3912065?pdf=render