Nanoceramics in Clinical Use

María Vallet-Regí was born in Las Palmas, Spain, in 1946. She studied Chemistry at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) and received her PhD at the same University in 1974. She is full professor of Inorganic Chemistry and Head of the Department of Inorganic Chemistry and Bioinorganic at the Faculty of Pharmacy (UCM). Her current research field is solid state chemistry, covering aspects of synthesis, characterisation and reactivity in oxides and bioceramics. Daniel Arcos was born in Madrid, Spain, in 1971. He is holding a postdoctoral research position ('Ramón y Cajal' grant) at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. Since completing his PhD in 2002 on the synthesis and evaluation of bioactive glasses and glass-ceramics, he has worked on the structural studies of silicon containing hydroxyapatites. Currently, his research is focused on mesoporous materials for biomedical applications

• Biological apatites in bone and teeth;Hard-Tissue Biomineralization: How Nature works;Alternatives to obtain nanosized calcium deficient carbonate- hydroxy-apatites;Synthetic nanoapatites;Bioceramics developing biomimetic nanoapatites;Simulated Physiological Solutions for Biomimetic Procedures;Biomimetic Crystallization Methods;Calcium phosphate bioceramics for biomimetic crystallization of nanoapatites;Biomimetic nanoceramics on hydroxyapatite and substituted hydroxyapatites;Biphasic calcium phosphates;Biomimetic Nanoceramics on Bioactive glasses;Biomimetism in organic-inorganic hybrid materials;Clinical applications of nanostructured biomimetic ceramics and bioceramic nanoparticles;Nanoceramics for bone tissue regeneration;Nanocomposites for bone grafting applications;Nanostructured biomimetic coatings;Nanoceramics for scaffolding and bone tissue engineering;Nanoceramics for diagnosis and drug/gene delivery systems