Zhao, Zhitong (Date of defense: 2015-11-20)
From a chemical and structural point of view, hydroxyapatite (HA) is a strong candidate in biomedical applications owing to its similarity to the inorganic components of bones and teeth. HA nanoparticles ...
Pérez Antoñanzas, Román (Date of defense: 2011-07-22)
When bone regeneration is needed, natural bone grafts are widely used. They are the best option since they present the same composition to that of bone, contain living cells with osteogenic potential, ...
Mestres Bea, Gemma (Date of defense: 2012-07-09)
This Thesis aims at the development of two novel families of inorganic phosphate cements with suitable characteristics for clinical applications in hard tissue regeneration or replacement. It is organized ...
Khurana, Kanupriya (Date of defense: 2017-11-10)
Bone is among the most transplanted tissues for regeneration of bone defects, caused by trauma, age-related bone loss or bone infections. Due to their similar characteristics to the mineral phase of ...
Díez Escudero, Anna (Date of defense: 2017-11-13)
Bone is the most transplanted tissue after blood. As pointed out by the World Health Organization, musculoskeletal diseases can potentially rise as the fourth largest cause of disability within the next ...
Safari, Alaleh (Date of defense: 2017-03-31)
Total hip replacement (THR) has been one of the most successful surgeries in the 21st century. Ultra-high-molecular-weight-polyethylene (UHMWPE) shows favorable mechanical and tribological properties ...
Sadowska, Joanna Maria (Date of defense: 2018-07-24)
Bone has a natural ability to regenerate. However, it cannot bridge large defects without the additional help of a supporting material. Among the different synthetic bone grafts, calcium phosphates ...
Maazouz, Yassine (Date of defense: 2018-10-15)
The present work addresses two different applications enabled by a specific and useful property of calcium phosphate cements (CPCs): injectability. On the one hand minimally invasive procedures involving ...
620 - Materials testing. Commercial materials. Power stations. Economics of energy (8)
616.7 - Pathology of the organs of locomotion. Skeletal and locomotor systems (3)
615 - Pharmacology. Therapeutics. Toxicology (2)
577 - Material bases of life. Biochemistry. Molecular biology. Biophysics (1)
616.3 - Pathology of the digestive system. Complaints of the alimentary canal (1)