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Layered Approach May Yield Stronger, More Successful Bone Implants 1 (of 2)

Caption: High-magnification scanning electron microscopy shows (center of micrograph) the leg of an osteoblast (bone precursor), called a cytoplasmic extension, attaching to nanosized hydroxyapatite crystals, similar to those in natural bone, that make up a CPC implant.

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