Published in Blood Weekly, June 24th, 2004
According to recent research published in the journal Cell and Tissue Research, "New bone for the repair or the restoration of the function of traumatized, damaged, or lost bone is a major clinical need, and bone tissue engineering has been heralded as an alternative strategy for regenerating bone."
"A novel web-like structured biodegradable hybrid sheet has been developed for bone tissue engineering by preparing knitted poly(DL-lactic-co-glycolic acid) sheets (PLGA sheets) with collagen microsponges in their openings," reported Tsuchiya and...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2004-06-24)
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