A tool made from a modified glue gun can now repair broken bones in surgery by 3D-printing grafts directly onto them. Bone implants have historically been made of metal, donor bone and more recently ...

After traumatic injury, bone cells need artificial scaffolding to help with the repairing processes. While some methods like 3D printing or bone cement can help, scientists in South Korea created a ...

A research team from the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology at the University of Hong Kong's LKS Faculty of Medicine (HKUMed) has successfully developed a novel elastic calcium phosphate ...

Bone defects caused by traumatic injury, tumor resection, and various congenital and pathological bone losses are functionally debilitating and financially burdensome. Although a small-sized defect ...

A recent review is transforming the landscape of craniomaxillofacial bone regeneration with the introduction of personalized bioceramic grafts. This pioneering research explores the fabrication and ...

Researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine—Tucson found evidence that a drug that improves the ability to walk in people with multiple sclerosis can also make bone fractures heal ...

The innovative technology is based on a nanoparticle in the form of a polymer sphere. The sphere introduces a microRNA molecule into cells. This triggers human body cells, located at the site of the ...

Kone is expected to make a full recovery after breaking his left leg, with multiple fractures, in the match against Qatar.