Treatment of bone defects caused by trauma or disease is a major burden on human
healthcare systems. Although autologous bone grafts are considered as the gold standard …

Mechanical stimuli are one of the factors that affect cell proliferation and differentiation in the
process of bone tissue regeneration. Knowledge on the specific deformation sensed by cells …

Tissue engineering is an emerging area in bioengineering at the frontiers between
biomaterials, biology and biomechanics. The basic knowledge of the interactions between …

One of the main challenges in the investigation on calcium phosphate cements (CPC) lies in
the introduction of macroporosity, without loosing the self‐setting ability and injectability …

The idea of using biosurfactants to obtain highly porous, foamed calcium phosphate
cements (fCPCs) is novel. The popularity of these compounds is mainly attributed to their …

The ability to tailor the microstructure of porous ceramics is essential in order to fulfill the
requirements of various applications. Depending on the use of porous ceramics …

Clinical orthopaedic use of calcium phosphate cement has been limited due to its slow
resorption rate, but a new macroporous α-tricalcium phosphate (α-TCP) bone cement has …

Calcium phosphate cement (CPC)-based systems are self-setting bioactive biomaterials
which demonstrate unique properties for spinal bone repair applications. The chapter …

Calcium phosphate cements (CPC) are being applied as bone regeneration materials. New
methods are being developed to create macroporosity, in order enhance the angiogenesis …

Mechanical stimuli are one of the factors that affect cell differentiation in the process of bone
tissue regeneration; therefore, in the development of scaffolds for tissue engineering …