title: Bone and cartilage reconstruction with tissue engineering approaches.
abstract: Tissues can be engineered to create new cartilage, bone, or bone-cartilage composites using synthetic polymer scaffolding as cell anchorage sites on which cells are transplanted. Topics discussed in this article include cell culture, material sciences, cell transplantation, tissue engineering, and clinical applications.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Vacanti
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Vacanti
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000601:surgery*; D002356:Cartilage / Q000601:surgery* / Q000637:transplantation*; D002478:Cells, Cultured / Q000637:transplantation; D006257:Head / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009333:Neck / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials