Yasuharu Yamazaki

Yasuharu Yamazaki

Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kitasato University, Kanagawa, Japan

Biography

composite consisting of 1 mg of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) and 5 mg of plaster of Paris (PLP) was implanted into the mouse femoral muscle. Control PLP without BMP was implanted into the contralateral muscle. The BMP/PLP composite induced cartilage formation within two weeks, trabecular bone within three weeks, and lamellar bone including bone marrow within six weeks.

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