title: Biomaterial characteristics important to skeletal tissue engineering.
authors.affiliation: Division of Musculoskeletal Sciences, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation and Center for Biomedical Devices and Functional Tissue Engineering, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA 17033, USA.
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Donahue
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001861:Bone Regeneration / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D040542:Mechanotransduction, Cellular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D010012:Osteogenesis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials