Eggshell discovery could improve torn ligament replacement
New info about eggshell membranes could help improve surgeries for torn ligaments and benefit egg producers, researchers report.
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New info about eggshell membranes could help improve surgeries for torn ligaments and benefit egg producers, researchers report.
<p>Athletes often suffer injuries to ligaments in their knees, particularly to the anterior cruciate ligament or ACL. While surgery to replace these torn ligaments is becoming increasingly common around the world it often needs to be repeated. That’s because it has proved challenging to anchor fibrous, soft and wet ligament grafting material into hard bone. Now, McGill University researchers have new information from the eggshell membrane in chicken eggs that could help change this picture thanks to the potential it offers for improvements in tissue engineering and biomaterial ...
NH ballot holds constitutional questionsNew Hampshire voters will find two questions on the ballot on Nov. 8. Many people are confused about these questions as written and why they appear. Question 1 is intended to eliminate the elected office of...
Fort Wayne Museum of Art opens exhibits highlighting the history, art and culture of skateboarding. The museum has even turned one of its galleries into a functioning skate park.
February 2, 2021 | Skateboarding Skateboard stickers are part of the sidewalk surfing culture. Their fusion of pop art, rebellion, postmodern imagery, controversy, and original typography is a symbol of street art and urban youth expression. It's not clear when the decal fever started, but stickers have been glued to skateboarding history since its early days. In the 1980s and 1990s, there were a few popular surf-and-skate sticker collections featuring some of the world's most brands and companies. The trend slowed down a bit in the late 1900s but somehow returned in full force in the 21st ce...