Materials science may be a big help in healing broken bones.
How do medical researchers best cultivate certain kinds of cells and spur them to function in the body? The details are still being worked out. Materials science may be a big help, according to University of Rochester researchers.
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Broken polymer chains reform to repair a crack in this material when it is pressed together and exposed to UV light.
A new polymer material that can repeatedly heal itself at room temperature when exposed to ultraviolet light presents the tantalizing possibility of products that can repair themselves when damaged. Possibilities include self-healing medical implants, cars, or even airplane parts.
In research published this week in The Lancet, the researchers demonstrate that the technology–a joint-shaped scaffold infused with a growth factor protein–works in rabbits. About a month after the implant, the animals began using their injured forelimbs again, and at two months the animals moved almost as well as similarly aged healthy rabbits. The study is the first to show that an entire joint can be repaired while being used.[…]
Continue reading… “Scientists Regenerate Rabbit Skeleton Joints”
Hundreds of thousands of people suffering from devastating fractures have been offered new hope from a drug that “miraculously” boosts the healing process of bones.
Continue reading… “Osteoporisis Drug ‘Miraculously’ Boosts Healing Of Fractured Bones”
Scientists have found a way to get damaged nerve cells in the brains of mice to repair themselves, a finding that may lead to new treatments for spinal cord and brain injuries.
Continue reading… “Scientists Find Ways to Make Brain Cells Heal Themselves”
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