Dutch researchers develop smart biomaterial that triggers bone growth
Monday, August 30, 2010 - 13:49
in Health & Medicine
Researchers from University of Twente's MIRA research institute and its spin-off business Progentix Orthobiology BV have developed a biomaterial that promotes the formation of bone tissue. It can be used to repair bone tissue that can no longer regenerate itself. Research that was recently published in the leading scientific journal PNAS shows that the material can repair fractures that fail to heal just as effectively as the methods that have been in use until now, but without the drawbacks.