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rhBMP-7

Inside the plate · In BMP and TGF-β

3D structure of BMP-7 (OP-1) (PDB 1BMP)
Structure: BMP-7 (OP-1). Image from the RCSB PDB (RCSB.org) of PDB ID 1BMP (Griffith et al., 1996)

Withdrawn or never marketedMeasured in people, not heightPlaced at surgeryProtein or enzymeAlso OP-1

A bone-building protein allowed only for fractures that would not heal and repeat spine surgery.

The other recombinant BMP taken to clinic, cleared in the US only under a humanitarian exemption for stubborn long-bone non-unions and revision lumbar fusion.

Risks. Its package insert ruled it out for anyone under 18 or still growing, and in pregnancy, and over a third of patients made antibodies to it.

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