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SUBMITTER: Deininger C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8745248 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Deininger Christian C Wagner Andrea A Heimel Patrick P Salzer Elias E Vila Xavier Monforte XM Weißenbacher Nadja N Grillari Johannes J Redl Heinz H Wichlas Florian F Freude Thomas T Tempfer Herbert H Teuschl-Woller Andreas Herbert AH Traweger Andreas A
International journal of molecular sciences 20211228 1
The repair of large bone defects remains challenging and often requires graft material due to limited availability of autologous bone. In clinical settings, collagen sponges loaded with excessive amounts of bone morphogenetic protein 2 (rhBMP-2) are occasionally used for the treatment of bone non-unions, increasing the risk of adverse events. Therefore, strategies to reduce rhBMP-2 dosage are desirable. Silk scaffolds show great promise due to their favorable biocompatibility and their utility f ...[more]