Bone Regeneration of Rat Tibial Defect by Zinc-Tricalcium Phosphate (Zn-TCP) Synthesized from Porous Foraminifera Carbonate Macrospheres

Bone Regeneration of Rat Tibial Defect by Zinc-Tricalcium Phosphate (Zn-TCP) Synthesized from Porous Foraminifera Carbonate Macrospheres

Foraminifera carbonate exoskeleton was hydrothermally converted to biocompatible and biodegradable zinc-tricalcium phosphate (Zn-TCP) as an alternative biomimetic material for bone fracture repair. Zn-TCP samples implanted in a rat tibial defect model for eight weeks were compared with unfilled defe...

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Main Authors: Joshua Chou, Jia Hao, Shinji Kuroda, David Bishop, Besim Ben-Nissan, Bruce Milthorpe, Makoto Otsuka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-12-01
Series:Marine Drugs
Subjects:
biomimetic
zinc-tricalcium phosphate
foraminifera
bone defect
bone regeneration
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/11/12/5148

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