Better survival of implanted cells improves healing of bone fractures
Friday, February 19, 2016 - 11:30
in Health & Medicine
To treat a complicated, non-healing bone defect, surgeons often use an implant with living cells to promote bone repair, but the implanted cells have a small chance of surviving because they are not prepared for a lack of oxygen and nutrients at the fracture site. Scientists have now improved survival of these bone cells by preconditioning them to withstand the harmful environment before implantation.