Plastic Scaffold for Bone

At the University of Southampton, in partnership with the University of Edinburgh, a research team has developed a new tissue engineering scaffold that allows bone to grow, with potential uses in bone repair. The study, funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, developed a scaffold using three different types of plastics that is capable of supporting bone stem cells. The honeycomb plastic scaffold slowly degrades after the bone has grown, and successful lab and animal tests have paved the way for moving toward human clinical trials.

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