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3D Printed Porous Bone Constructs

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Bone supports and protects organs in the body. Bone has three dimensional (3D) structures, where the spongy and porous inner part is surrounded by an outer part of low porosity. Bone diseases and fractures affect a myriad of people and are serious health concerns in population where aging is coupled with increased obesity and poor physical activity. As a metabolically active tissue, bone self-heals, but its ability is limited by ages, diseases, pathological conditions, and cannot repair large defects, which lead to bone fractures.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA

    Wenjun Zheng & Ming Su

  2. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China

    Qilin Wei

  3. Wenzhou Institute of Biomaterials and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Zhejiang, China

    Xiaojie Xun & Ming Su

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    Thomas Webster

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Zheng, W., Wei, Q., Xun, X., Su, M. (2018). 3D Printed Porous Bone Constructs. In: Li, B., Webster, T. (eds) Orthopedic Biomaterials . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89542-0_3

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