A hybrid meta-biomaterial that promotes bone growth is not something you will find in nature, but it can be created using a 3-D printer and existing biomaterials. TU Delft researchers have developed a meta-implant that combines ...
Materials Science
Jan 3, 2018
0
35
Every year there are around 60,000 hip, 50,000 forearm and 40,000 vertebral fractures in the UK. At the Bone and Joint Research Group at the University of Southampton, Professor Richard Oreffo and team have made pioneering ...
Biotechnology
Aug 20, 2015
0
91
(AP)—When Jay Mesinger heard about a study seeking golden retrievers to help fight canine cancer, he immediately signed up 2-year-old Louie.
Plants & Animals
Jan 22, 2013
0
0
Black and Latino "hip-hop" students are disproportionately punished in urban schools, finds a two-year study that sheds light on some of the unfair disciplinary practices newly targeted by the Obama administration.
Social Sciences
Jan 10, 2014
4
0
Hepatocyte Growth Factor (HGF) is a protein that acts as a cell growth factor. By binding to its receptor protein MET on the cell membrane, it exerts its physiological functions such as proliferation and migration of cells, ...
Biochemistry
May 29, 2019
0
9
Rice University engineers hope to make life better for those with replacement joints by modeling how artificial hips are likely to rub them the wrong way.
Soft Matter
Jan 11, 2021
0
6
You can't spell 'Smilodon fatalis' without 'fatal', but researchers at La Brea Tar Pits may have found a softer side to saber-toothed cats along with a connection to our own feline and canine companions.
Paleontology & Fossils
Oct 28, 2021
0
187
While automotive and medical device manufacturing may seemingly have little in common, the latter has long benefited from advancements in the former. For example, manufacturing techniques originally developed for increasing ...
Engineering
Apr 23, 2013
0
0
Using the stuff of sand, silicon dioxide, as a binding layer for replacement bone prosthetics could allow more biocompatible artificial joints to be manufactured as well as reducing the risk of post-operative infection, according ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 24, 2014
0
1
Officials say a rare white tiger has died at the Cincinnati Zoo.
Plants & Animals
Dec 21, 2017
0
22
