title: Osteoinduction: translating preclinical promise into clinical reality.
abstract: This review, the second in a series of three editorials, focuses on the problems of translating basic scientific research on induction of bone into reliable clinical applications.
authors.affiliation: Division of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. ferretti@mweb.co.za
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ferretti
authors.forename: Ugo
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ripamonti
authors.forename: Eleftherios
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tsiridis
authors.forename: Cyrus J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Kerawala
authors.forename: Athanasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mantalaris
authors.forename: Manolis
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heliotis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D001861:Bone Regeneration / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D003094:Collagen; D006801:Humans; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D023822:Tissue Engineering; D054457:Tissue Scaffolds; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D003094:Collagen