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Becker's March/April 2020 Spine Review

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by discovering how the power of osteoimmunology can help eliminate non-unions The interplay between our skeletal and immune systems is the field of research known as osteoimmunology. MagnetOs bone graft harnesses this interplay. Its unique submicron surface topography polarizes macrophages to the pro-healing M2 phenotype. These, in turn, upregulate mesenchymal stem cells, leading to bone formation instead of scar tissue. 1* Bone forms, even in soft tissue, without the need for added cells or growth factors. 1* † THE TOP magnetosbonegraft.com // cs@kurosbio.com 1 Duan R, et al. Eur Cell Mater 2019;37:60-73. * In vitro or in vivo studies may not be predictive of clinical experience in humans. † MagnetOs is not cleared by FDA as an osteoinductive bone graft.

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