Article
The culture of human osteoblasts upon bone graft substitutes.
Bone - 1 Jan 2000
Begley C T, Doherty M J, Hankey D P, Wilson D J
Abstract excerpt
In order to assess the ability of six potential bone graft substitutes to support the growth of human osteoblasts, these cells were grown in culture and then plated onto fragments of the six materials and cultured for a further period of 15 days. Tests to confirm the osteoblastic phenotype of the...
Topics
- Aged
- Animals
- Biocompatible Materials
- Bone Transplantation
- Cell Division
- Cells, Cultured
- Humans
- Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
- Middle Aged
- Osteoblasts
- Phenotype
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley