Tuneable materials encourage bone growth
Researchers have developed materials that can be manoeuvred and morphed before hardening, an advance that could encourage bone growth.
Source: theengineer.co.uk
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Researchers have developed materials that can be manoeuvred and morphed before hardening, an advance that could encourage bone growth.
Complex bone fractures can be hard to treat, sometimes requiring the injured bone to be replaced with bone harvested from elsewhere in the body. Thanks to a new material, though, bone-building micro-robots may someday provide an alternative.