Items Tagged ‘#bone regeneration’
March 3, 2022
The immune system and bone regeneration
Growing up as a student athlete in Cincinnati, Joe Panos had more than his fair share of visits to the orthopedist for sports injuries. The care he received for conditions ranging from pitcher’s elbow to soccer sprains so impressed him that he vowed one day to be the physician instead of the patient. Now Panos, […]
Tags: #BMP-2 growth factor, #bone regeneration, #Dr. Christopher Evans, #Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, #Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Medicine, #ON Foundation, #Orthoregeneration Award
June 4, 2020
Harnessing the body’s ability to heal
Researchers at Mayo Clinic are studying ways to engineer human-like tissue to bolster the body’s ability to heal itself. Scientists in the Regenerative Medicine Biomaterials and Biomolecules Lab have engineered biomaterials that could regenerate tissue capable of restoring injured nerves and bones. They’ve discovered that biomaterials derived from polymers are biodegradable. When used along with […]
Tags: #bone injury, #bone regeneration, #Dr. Lichun Lu, #Dr. Xifeng Liu, #Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Medicine, #nerve regeneration, #peripheral nerve damage, #Tissue engineering