The direct, local, administration of adenovirus carrying human BMP-2 cDNA (Ad.BMP-2) heals critical-sized femoral bone defects in rabbit and rat models. However, the outcome is suboptimal and the ...
Critical size defects of bone and delayed fracture healing due to metabolic disorders are still problems in orthopaedic surgery. Adenoviral vectors encoding bone morphogenetic protein-2 (Ad.BMP-2) ...