Recent advances in nano scaffolds for bone repair.

Yi, Huan; Ur Rehman, Fawad; Zhao, Chunqiu; Liu, Bin; He, Nongyue · Bone Res · 2016

review · Level V

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Abstract

Biomedical applications of nanomaterials are exponentially increasing every year due to analogy to various cell receptors, ligands, structural proteins, and genetic materials (that is, DNA). In bone tissue, nanoscale materials can provide scaffold for excellent tissue repair via mechanical stimulation, releasing of various loaded drugs and mediators, 3D scaffold for cell growth and differentiation of bone marrow stem cells to osteocytes. This review will therefore highlight recent advancements on tissue and nanoscale materials interaction.