Biocompatible Materials for Bone Regeneration-1

Dear Colleagues,

Biocompatible materials are playing an important role in the progress of modern medicine. In recent years, much effort has been devoted to the development of innovative biomaterials with potential applications in many fields of tissue engineering.

The bone has been created by nature as a composite material. The hard but brittle mineral component is combined with the soft and flexible collagen to give bone its resistance to compression and high flexibility. The research and the development of bone-like materials is therefore a challenge for researchers of various disciplines.

For this Special Issue, we expect to receive papers related to biocompatible materials research, as well as papers on modeling and testing of new materials for bone regeneration.

The Special Issue will cover but not be limited to the following topics:

• Fabrication of bone-like materials;
• Microarchitecture of biomaterials;
• Biomaterial–cell interactions;
• Cellular adhesion, proliferation, and differentiation on biomaterials;
• Stem cells in bone regeneration;
• Animal research of implant materials;
• Clinical applications of bone substitutes.

It is our pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue. Both original papers and reviews are welcome.

Dr. Vaclav Babuska
Guest Editors

Dr. Vlastimil Kulda
Co-Guest Editors

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• tissue engineering
• scaffolds
• implants
• bone substitutes
• osseointegration