| abstract |
The application teaches a composition comprising one or more pharmaceutical active ingredients selected from the group consisting of interleukin-8 (IL-8 or CXCL8), a functional fragment of IL-8, a functional variant of IL-8, andan agonist of IL-8 receptor,for therapeutic and/orprophylactic interventions in impaired bone fracture healing, such as but not limited to non-union fractures, mal-union fractures,or delayed union fractures. |