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Growth Factors

Growth factors are natural proteins that play a crucial role in healing and cell repair, acting as signals to stimulate tissue growth and regeneration.

What are Growth factors?

Growth factors are special proteins in the body that help cells grow, heal, and repair themselves. They act like signals, telling cells to start building new tissue when you get a cut, injury, or need to replace old cells. Growth factors are important for things like healing wounds, growing new skin, and even helping hair and bones get stronger.

How this applies to regenerative medicine

Helping Tissue Heal Faster

Scientists have modified growth factors like VEGF and PDGF to stick better to tissues.
This makes them more effective at helping wounds heal and reduces side effects like swelling or leaking blood vessels.

Controlled Release for Better Healing

Instead of using a lot of growth factors at once, which can cause problems, doctors use special materials to slowly release them in the right spot.
This controlled release helps the body heal more naturally and reduces the risk of side effects.

Using Blood Products for Healing

Doctors also use plasma-rich products (PRGF) from a patient’s blood, which are full of growth factors.
These help speed up healing, especially for difficult wounds and broken bones.

Overall Summary

Growth factors are powerful tools in medicine that help our bodies repair and regrow tissues by improving cell growth and healing processes.

Source Info

https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1247663

https://doi.org/10.2174/1381612821666150115154602

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2015.11.007

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2011.07.004

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK442024/

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