Brazil sees orthopaedics revolution in bone regeneration
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Brazil is preparing a human tissue engineering trial that could revolutionise orthopaedic surgery. The national trauma-orthopaedics institute (INTO) plans to launch - "possibly by the end of 2006" - a human cell-therapy trial aimed at replacing bone tissue in "critical lesions, with extensive bone loss, of up to 5-10cm".