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osteoinduction

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osteoinduction /os·teo·in·duc·tion/ (os″te-o-in-duk´shun) the act or process of stimulating osteogenesis.
Osteoinduction
Acceleration of new bone formation by chemical means.
Mentioned in: Bone Grafting
osteoinduction [os″te-o-in-duk´shun]
the act or process of stimulating osteogenesis.
osteoinduction, (os´tēōinduk´shn),
n the process by which undefined cells of loose makeup undergo mitosis and form osteoprogenitor cells.
osteoinduction
osteoprogenitor cells in surrounding tissue may be stimulated in the presence of bone grafts.
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Tanihara, (2000) Alginate hydrogel linked with synthetic oligopeptide derived from BMP-2 allows ectopic osteoinduction in vivo.
Biodegradable and bioactive porous polyurethanes scaffolds for bone ... by Huang, Mei-Na; Wang, Yuan-Liang; Luo, Yan-Feng / Journal of Biomedical Science and Engineering (JBiSE)
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Demineralized Bone Matrix Classic studies by Marshall Urist (13) demonstrated that demineralized fragments of bone could induce bone formation when placed into skeletal muscle, thereby defining the process known as osteoinduction.
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