For the treatment of advanced joint destruction and degeneration,
reconstruction of joints using new technologies such as tissue
engineering are now attracting attention. Biomimetic hydroxyapatite
scaffolds for bone tissue engineering have already been so well devised
that they have sufficiently high affinity to the bone and enough
rigidity similar to bone to be usable for the treatment of bone defects. Since bone itself has superb ability of remodeling, grafted bone is
replaced by the host bone tissue through self-organization over a
period of several weeks to months. In contrast, materials suitable for
cartilage repair still remain to be created which have perfectly
cartilage-specific tissue qualities represented by properties of high
elasticity and high lubrication.
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