Bone Grafts and Bone Substitutes: Basic Science and Clinical Applications

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company Number Of Pages: 612 Publication Date: 2005-09-01 ISBN-10 / ASIN: 9812560890 ISBN-13 / EAN: 9789812560896 Binding: Hardcover Product Description: This book provides the latest updates on the major challenges of bridging large bone defects, where options range from autografts, “tissue engineered bone”, biomaterials (hydroxyapatite, polycaprolactone and third generation biomaterials) to prostheses. Emphasis has been made on bone tissue engineering, the current state-of-the-art in this field, problems encountered with cell culture technology, scaffolds and bone growth factors (including genomics) and the use of gene therapy for the application of bone growth factors. Downloads Bone Grafts and Bone Substitutes Password: passfans.com/forum