News tagged with synthetic bone

Growing bones with Lego

A video produced for Google Science Fair shows how researchers at Cambridge making synthetic bone have turned to legendary children’s toy Lego for a helping hand.

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In the lab, engineer's novel liquid provides a solid fix for broken bones

A bone-healing fluid that can be injected into breaks with a syringe shows such strong promise in lab testing, that it has been licensed from Brown by a Massachusetts biotech startup for further development.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 07, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sticks and stones break bones, but new study may prevent it

The best way to prevent a fracture is to stop bones from reaching the point where they are prone to breaking, but understanding the process of how bones form and mature has been challenging. Now researchers at the University ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0