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This quarter British Medical Bulletin has another excellent varied set of reviews on topics which are new or unusual in emphasis.
The first on ‘Clinical applications of musculoskeletal tissue engineering’ (page 7) by Roberts, Howard, Buttery and Shakesheff at the University of Nottingham in the UK looks at an increasingly exciting area of work.
They make the point that current surgical techniques for the repair of the musculoskeletal system can be often limited by the availability, quality and quantity of materials, such as grafts to effect repair. This has led to the exploration and development of novel methods of intervention based on tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. They review the successes and investigations that are happening to date in the field of musculoskeletal tissue engineering. This is based on an extensive literature search and research performed by the authors.
Owing to the constraints surrounding certain surgical techniques and
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