Coating Ti6Al4V Implants with Nanocrystalline Diamond Functionalized with BMP-7 Promotes Extracellular Matrix Mineralization In Vitro and Faster Osseointegration In Vivo

Researchers investigated the effect of an oxidized nanocrystalline diamond coating functionalized with bone morphogenetic protein 7 (BMP-7) on human osteoblast maturation and ECM mineralization in vitro and on new bone formation in vivo.