Bone Morphogenetic Protein and Collagen: An Advances in Tissue Banking Specialist Publication (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789812383181)

What are bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) and how can they be used in orthopaedic practice? Ever since Urist proposed in 1976 that protein factors from cortical bone appeared to modulate bone healing in animals, there has been a search for these mysterious osteoinductive components. Now that their structure has been elucidated, they have been purified and cloned, and are now available for the improvement of bone healing.The best source of BMPs is demineralised bone. This bone allograft is used to achieve greater osteoinductive capacity. But are the actions of procurement, processing, demineralisation and sterilisation harmful to the BMPs? Unless the BMPs can be assayed, neither their clinical nor their scientific effectiveness can be appraised. All these aspects are logically and scientifically described in this volume. In addition, there is a review of the biochemistry of one of the two main components of bone, namely collagen. This subject is itself a confusing but rapidly growing field. This comprehensive review describes the procedures for building up bone in vivo and in vitro.Bone Morphogenetic Protein and Collagen answers most of the questions of orthopaedic surgeons and tissue bankers on how BMPs can be produced and used to their maximum effectiveness.

Author: Glyn O. Phillips
ISBN-10: 9812383182
ISBN-13: 9789812383181
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 01/19/2004
Pages: 168
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.60d