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Most people think of lotus roots as crispy and easily broken, but Chinese researchers have discovered they possess high-strength composite structures that could allow them to be used to help repair ...

Grafting materials, lasers, and low frequency vibration speed up healing The use of grafting materials, laser therapy, ...

UD engineer Michael Hast leads an NIH-funded effort to identify impaired bone healing earlier with MRI-based computer models Healing a broken bone can take months, and knowing whether recovery is on ...

What if the next time you broke a bone, you didn’t need screws, plates, or invasive surgery to heal? Imagine a medical adhesive so powerful it could bond fractured bones in minutes, yet gentle enough ...

A novel elastic calcium phosphate material developed by HKUMed researchers, offers a promising alternative to traditional bone grafts in orthopaedic surgeries. The research team members include (from ...

A newly discovered bone glue inspired by oysters heals fractures quickly and could reduce the need for surgery. Credit: wikimedia commons / Frankie Fouganthin CC-BY-4.0 Chinese researchers have ...

Researchers in Zanjan, Iran, created fibers using PLLA and hydroxyapatite, adding either cinnamaldehyde or cinnamon essential oil to boost bone healing Fibers with cinnamaldehyde showed the most ...

Imagine a surgeon fixing a broken bone with a device that looks like a glue gun. Instead of reaching for metal implants or donor bone, they print a biodegradable graft right into the fracture. That’s ...

Credit: the journal Device / Jeon et al. A new 3D printing “glue gun” can generate bone grafts directly onto fractures, using a revolutionary process that can fill-in the gaps around the site’s jagged ...