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Those in need of bone grafts must occasionally dream of a magical machine that could make exactly what their bodies needed with the push of a button. That magical machine may soon be in hospitals everywhere. Learn more: - http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-innovative-technologies-and-developments/?tag=3D
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Those in need of bone grafts must occasionally dream of a magical machine that could make exactly what their bodies needed with the push of a button. That magical machine may soon be in hospitals everywhere. Learn more: - http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-innovative-technologies-and-developments/?tag=3D 
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Researchers have developed a nanoparticle paste which can be injected into the defect and results in improved healing. The trick: the researchers have combined synthetic calcium phosphate with DNA.
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Chemists develop a nanopaste to repair bone defects
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February 20, 2013 9:43 AM
The UDE researchers expect that the paste will have a long-lasting effect since the nanoparticles are released successively and thus continuously stimulate the surrounding cells. They have demonstrated that the paste works in three different cell types. Further tests now have to be conducted. Epple and his co-researchers hope that “our development will be used several years from now in the field of traumatology and in the treatment of osteoporosis.” |
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Researchers in France have developed a self-setting foam that can repair defects in bones and assist growth. Eventually, this advanced biomaterial could be used to quickly regenerate bone growth and treat degenerative diseases such as osteoporosis.
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Researchers in France have developed a self-setting foam that can repair defects in bones and assist growth. Eventually, this advanced biomaterial could be used to quickly regenerate bone growth and treat degenerative diseases such as osteoporosis.
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Really interesting application for 3D printing that would avoid amputations because of bone fragments missing in patients.