Periodic Reporting for period 1 - SMART-BONE (Smart electroactive 3D models of osteoregeneration)

In the European Union alone, the annual number of bone fractures is projected to reach 4.5 million in 2025.1 In the EU in 2010 the costs of treating incident fractures connected solely with osteoporosis amounted to about €24 billion. Despite the advances in implant...