Student Author(s)

Tera M. Filion

GSBS Program

Cell Biology

UMMS Affiliation

Department of Orthopedics and Physical Rehabilitation; Department of Cell Biology

Date

8-2011

Document Type

Book Chapter

Medical Subject Headings

Biocompatible Materials; Bone Substitutes; Bone Transplantation

Disciplines

Biology and Biomimetic Materials | Biomaterials | Cell Biology | Life Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences | Orthopedics

Abstract

Summary: Introduces recent advances in the evolvement of non-metallic orthopedic biomaterials in the design of organic-inorganic composite bone substitutes.

Citation: Tera M. Filion and Jie Song (2011). Scalable Functional Bone Substitutes: Strategic Integration of Key Structural Elements of Bone in Synthetic Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering - Frontiers and Challenges, Reza Fazel-Rezai (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-307-309-5, InTech, Available from: http://www.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/scalable-functional-bone-substitutes-strategic-integration-of-key-structural-elements-of-bone-in-syn

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