1'0 develop an effi cient scaffold fo1' t issue-engineered bone 1'egene1'ation, we evaluated fully in terconnected globular porous bisphasic calcium-phosphate ceramics. Materials and Methods: Biphasic HA/TCP cera mic scaffolds having f띠 l y interconnected globular structure with small fenestrations adopting foaming method were p1'epared. They were evaluated by cytotoxici ty‘ cellular attachment. and theil‘ differentiation in vitro and the hi s tocompatibili ty, osteoconductivity. and ectopic os teoinductive capacity in 띠 vo ， respectively. They have average 400um s ized spherical pores and ave1'age 100um s ized inter connecting interpores with average 85% porosity. They r evealed comparable compression strength with cancellous bone. They were nontoxic and revealed no noxious effect on cellular proliferation and osteoblastic diffe re ntiation. The cul tured cells on scaffolds were well attacbed and proliferated in multi-layers. The increased surface in fully interconnected globular porous scaffold facilitated osteogenic repair by favored cell ular attachment and osteogenic differentia tion with good osteoconductivity. 1n addition. the scaffold-cell constructs induced favorable ectopic bone formati on These findings suggest that the fully interconnected globular porous biphas ic HA/ß -TCP ceramic scaffold formed by foaming method can be a promising bone substitute and a scaffold fo 1' tissue-engineered bone 1'egeneration

We evaluated the influence of internal macro- porous structure on tissue-engineered bone regeneration by cOll1paring the effi cien cy of scaffold-cell construct forll1ation and its bone induction activity. T매o types of macro-porous CMP cera rnic blocks having 400 um average pore s ize in an interconnected trabecular framework and interconnected globular structu1'e with small fenestrations were prepa1'ed, adopting sponge method and foaming method. respectively. They ware evaluated by cytotoxicity. cell ular attachment. and t heir differenti ation in vitro and the histocompatibility, osteoconductivity, and ectopic osteoinductive potenetial in vivo, respecti vely. Both scaffolds having either interconnected trabecu lar pOI‘es formed by sponge ll1ethod 0 1' fully interconnected globu lar pores formed by foam-based technology were no cyt otoxic and induced neither an immune nor an infl ammatory response regardless 0 1' geometry and manufacturing methods. The fu lly interconnected globul 81 porous scaffold showed more favora ble compression strength compared to the interconnected trabecualr porous scaffold (8.7 :tO. 5 MPa va 5. 5:t0. 5 MPa) . The increased surface in fully interconnected globular po1'ous scaffold facilitated osteogenic repall‘ by favored cellular attachment and osteogenic differentiation with good osteoconductivity. These results suggest that the fully interconnected globular porous structure be more sui table for both bone s ubstit ute and scaffold for t issue-engineered bone regeneration‘