Hydrogels Provide Scaffolding For Growth of Bone Cells

**Hyaluronic hydrogels** developed by Carnegie Mellon University researchers may provide a suitable **scaffolding** to enable **bone regeneration**. The hydrogels, created by Newell Washburn, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski and Jeffrey Hollinger, have proven to encourage the growth of **preosteoblast cells**, cells that aid the **growth** and **development of bone**. Doctoral student Sidi Bencherif will present this research, Sunday, Aug. 17 at the 236th national meeting of the American Chemical Society in Philadelphia. "Carnegie Mellon University":[ http://www.cmu.edu/news/archive/2008/August/aug18_hydrogels.shtml]

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