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There is growing evidence that adaptive immunity contributes to regeneration processes, for example bone fracture repair is modulated by T cells even in the absence of infection.

New research has shown a bone regeneration can be affected by T cells. Delayed fracture healing was associated with high levels of CD8+ T cells in peripheral blood.

British scientists have created an artificial bone material that supports human bone marrow-derived STRO-1+ skeletal cells.

Professor Mark Bradley told The Telegraph that it would be five years before human trials and longer before whole replacement bones could be created. The eventual aim is to have an implantable scaffold that can support new bone growth before dissolving, leaving patients with a naturally produced replacement.

Britain’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has approved EXOGEN’s ultrasound bone healing system for use in the NHS.

New NICE guidelines recommend using the ultrasound bone healing system for fractures of long bones which have not healed after 9 months.