Publication Date:
2002-02-09
Description:
Whereas second-generation biomaterials were designed to be either resorbable or bioactive, the next generation of biomaterials is combining these two properties, with the aim of developing materials that, once implanted, will help the body heal itself.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Hench, Larry L -- Polak, Julia M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2002 Feb 8;295(5557):1014-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Materials and the Tissue Engineering Centre, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BP, UK. l.hench@ic.ac.uk〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11834817" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Absorbable Implants
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*Biocompatible Materials
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Bone Regeneration
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Bone Substitutes
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Gene Expression Regulation
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Humans
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Osteogenesis
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*Prostheses and Implants
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Regeneration
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*Tissue Engineering
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
