Specially prepared titanium mesh and bone marrow cells allow new bone cells to grow in bone fractures. This was shown in a research project carried out at the University of Nijmegen in Holland.
Researchers inserted a titanium mesh scaffold into a bone fracture in a rat. They allowed bone marrow cells to grow on this. The bone marrow cells stimulated new bone growth.
The researchers improved this growth by dynamically ‘sowing’ the cells onto the mesh.
The best result was obtained with mesh containing fibronectin.
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