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Bio-glasses : an introduction /

This new work is dedicated to glasses and their variants which can be used as biomaterials to repair diseased and damaged tissues. Bio-glasses are superior to other biomaterials in many applications, such as healing bone by signaling stem cells to become bone cells.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Clare, Alexis, Jones, Julian R.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley, 2012.
Series:Wiley Online Library.
Subjects:
Biomedical materials.
Glass.
Biocompatible Materials.
Drug Delivery Systems.
Regeneration.
Tissue Scaffolds.
MEDICAL / Allied Health Services / Medical Technology.
MEDICAL / Biotechnology.
MEDICAL / Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL / Lasers in Medicine.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Biomedical.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This new work is dedicated to glasses and their variants which can be used as biomaterials to repair diseased and damaged tissues. Bio-glasses are superior to other biomaterials in many applications, such as healing bone by signaling stem cells to become bone cells.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xviii, 235 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1118346459 (electronic bk.)
1118346475 (electronic bk.)
9781118346457 (electronic bk.)
9781118346471 (electronic bk.)
DOI:10.1002/9781118346457