Royal Society of Chemistry, Journal of Materials Chemistry B: Materials for biology and medicine, 40(3), p. 7818-7830
DOI: 10.1039/c5tb01043h
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Bone defects can originate from a variety of causes, including trauma, cancer, congenital deformity, and surgical reconstruction. Success of the current “gold standard” treatment (i.e., autologous bone grafts) is greatly influenced by insufficient or inappropriate bone stock.