Silica-calcium phosphate bioactive composite for improved synthetic graft resorbability and tissue regeneration
Patent Number: 7,223,414
Date of First Priority Issue: Friday May 3rd, 2002
Date Issued: Tuesday May 29th, 2007
Assignee: Unknown Assignee(s)
Inventors: El-Ghannam; Ahmed (Lexington, KY)
From Class: 3D Culture/Scaffold
Comments: No comments
Delivery of growth factors along with stem cells is an important component of therapeutic regeneration. The current patent describes new resorbable silica-calcium phosphate bioactive composites that are useful for delayed release of various pharmaceuticals, including growth factors. Potential growth factors useful with this invention include administration of G-CSF with stem cells locally to allow in vivo expansion.
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