Simvastatin, a cholesterol lowering drug, has the capacity to stimulate bone formation along with having anti-inflammatory effects. Incorporating simvastatin to the calcium phosphate cement would result in slow release of the drug stimulating bone formation and by preventing a local inflammation and bone resorption. The main aim is to study and examine the inflammatory response towards calcium phosphate cements in vitro and compare it with cements incorporated with simvastatin.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-187460 |
Date | January 2012 |
Creators | Modugu, Asha |
Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för teknikvetenskaper, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning |
Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
Format | application/pdf |
Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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