WASHINGTON -- To cure a severe birth defect that left Alyssa Parente with a sunken nose and hugely bulging eyes, Dr. John Polley sliced apart all the bones of her face -- but didn't re-join them ...

Bone defects are a major challenge in regenerative medicine, often requiring advanced biomaterials to enhance the natural healing process. Traditional bone repair methods, including bone grafts, face ...

Scientists develop a new material that protects stem cells and helps repair facial bone damage by reducing harmful stress and inflammation in the body. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Maxillofacial bone defects ...

The reconstruction of large bone segments is an important clinical problem, and none of the approaches proposed thus far have proved very effective. In animals, repair and functional recovery of ...

Researchers from Ocean University of China and Qilu Hospital of Shandong University have developed nacre-derived biphasic calcium phosphate (BCP) composite scaffolds that combine osteogenic and ...