Nanopolymers for orthopedic applications

The capability of nanostructured polymers in regulating the behavior of bone cells (including adhesion, growth, alignment, and elongation) and, thus, promoting bone 

To date, a number of nanoshuctures based on biomolecules including peptides or biological polymers have been devised and fabricated for musculoskeletal repair and tissue engineering applications. These nanoshuctures are usually in the forms of hydrogel and/or self-assembled macromolecules, which will be introduced with more details in Chapter 6. Here, a few examples on cartilage and bone regeneration are given. 

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