Natural origin materials for bone tissue engineering – properties, processing and performance
1000 | 2019
Correlo, V. M. | Oliveira, Joaquim M. | Neves, N. M. | Reis, R. L.
Medical advances have increased life expectancy worldwide. At the same time, age-related pathologies have increased. Bone injuries are a burden among the aging population and are associated with significant socioeconomic costs. Thus, there is a need for new and efficient therapies. Advanced tissue engineering-based approaches have focused on the combination of cells, biologically active molecules, and a temporary three-dimensional porous scaffold to repair and regenerate damaged bone tissue. This chapter provides an overview of natural-based polymers and ceramics that are used as scaffolds, with a special focus on their properties, processing methods, and performance in bone tissue engineering applications.
Show more [+] Less [-]F.R. Maia acknowledges Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) for her Postdoc scholarship (SFRH/BPD/117492/2016), ERC-2012-ADG 20120216-321266 (ComplexiTE) and project Hierarchitech, financed by the FCT. J.M. Oliveira thanks FCT for his distinction attributed under the FCT Investigator program (IF/00423/2012 and IF/01285/2015). V.M. Correlo acknowledges Investigator FCT program (IF/01214/2014)
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