Development of multifunctional polymer-mineral composite materials for bone tissue engineering.

Vlakh, Evgenia G; Panarin, Evgeniy F; Tennikova, Tatiana B; Suck, Kirstin; Kasper, Cornelia · J Biomed Mater Res A · 2005

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

The main goal of this article is the development of a novel approach to construct multifunctional composite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering. For this purpose, different kinds of mineral macroporous supports, water-soluble aldehyde-containing copolymers of N-vinylpyrrolidone, as well as different nonspecific and biospecific ligands governing cell adhesion and growth have been used. The composite materials were tested initially for cytotoxicity in cell culture experiments using a model cell line.

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