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Scaffold Based In-Vitro Osteodistraction For Bone Tissue Engineering, Cesar Adrian Terrazas
Scaffold Based In-Vitro Osteodistraction For Bone Tissue Engineering, Cesar Adrian Terrazas
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Engineering of hard tissues such as bone is a challenge because of the limited ability of the body to heal large defects. Current treatment options, such as employing bone sections from the patient or a deceased donor have been utilized for some time now with various degrees of success. However, these methods still exhibit many limitations such as limited supply and the possibility of transmission of disease.
To address the many limitations of bone grafts, synthetic engineered substitutes have been developed and widely researched for nearly three decades. Generally termed scaffolds, these are matrices that serve the purpose of temporary …