Bioengineered bone grafts
At the New York Stem Cell Foundation, researchers use an innovative process to produce bone grafts in small [MORE]
Bone Fracture
A research group in Barcelona Spain has observed that tiny bone fractures emit a low voltage electrical field that [MORE]
3-D Cranial Implant
Since the US FDA first approved 3-D printed implants for clinical use in 2013, hundreds of procedures have [MORE]
Lab-Grown Living Bone
Jawbone defects have been corrected using bone tissue taken from elsewhere in the patient’s body and implanted where [MORE]
Manolis Papastavrou with-3D Bone
Using a material called beta-tricalcium phosphate for 3-D printing, and freezing the product in different areas, scientists [MORE]
MicoRNAs
Oral surgery sometimes requires implantation of foreign material (e.g. cow bone) to rebuild a jaw. Dentistry researchers at the University [MORE]
Polypyrrole Microstructure
Pyrrole is a naturally occurring aromatic compound, originally discovered in coal tar, but later found in a variety of [MORE]
For the past five years, the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering in Wurzburg, Germany has been coordinating research in several [MORE]
MIT Bone Growth
MIT chemical engineers have created a bone-growth scaffold that fits in an injured area and slowly releases bone [MORE]
3D Printed Vertebra
The list of medical applications for 3-D printing seems to be growing by leaps and bounds. This piece [MORE]
Biopen
“[A] new BioPen developed at the University of Wollongong (UOW) in Australia . . . . is designed to let [MORE]
Hydrogel Polymers and Stem Cells
Encasing stem cells in hydrogel before injecting them at a site of bone repair keeps the [MORE]
3-D Printed Pelvis
While personalized medicine usually refers to molecular marvels, surgery claims priority in that genre—separating the person from the [MORE]
Bio=patch for Dental Implants
With aging come both changes in chewing habits and the likelihood of periodontal disease, resulting [MORE]