title: Perspectives in regenerative medicine and tissue engineering of bone.
abstract: This final review in a series of three focuses on how the advances made in the realm of molecular and cellular bone biology have been translated into experimental animal and human surgery.
authors.affiliation: School of Clinical Medicine, MRC/University of Witwatersrand, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical School 2193 Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa.
authors.forename: Ugo
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ripamonti
authors.forename: Eleftherios
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tsiridis
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ferretti
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; D040761:Biomimetic Materials / Q000737:chemistry; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000502:physiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008967:Molecular Biology; D010012:Osteogenesis / Q000502:physiology; D044968:Regenerative Medicine; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D055411:TGF-beta Superfamily Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins; D055411:TGF-beta Superfamily Proteins