Designed for use in spinal fusion surgery of the lower back, Infuse consists of a titanium cage that houses a collagen sponge soaked in bone morphogenetic protein (BMP), a growth factor that signals bone - forming cells to produce new tissue. (discovermagazine.com)
«The iPS cells may also help us identify treatments for more common diseases, such as atherosclerosis and vascular calcification, because the same bone morphogenetic protein pathways are involved in these medical conditions.» (sciencedaily.com)
As they examined the question of what was sending the signal from the hair to the fat cells, researchers identified a factor called Bone Morphogenetic Protein (BMP). (sciencedaily.com)