British scientists, with the use of stem cells, have created a tooth-paste like artificial bone, which once injected into the body, hardens inside. The new technique hopes to reduce the need for invasive and painful surgery such as bone-grafts, to repair “skeletal defects and fractures”.
From Cosmosmagazine.com
"This new regenerative medicine technology provides a scaffold for the formation of blood vessels and bone tissue, and can also deliver stem cells directly to the site of bone repair, say the researchers."
"Injectable bone is the first delivery system for stem cells and growth factors that forms a material with the strength of a bone," said Robin Quirk, a pharmacist and co-founder of RegenTec – the University of Nottingham, In England, spin-off company commercializing the technology."
"Quirk said he hopes that injectable bone might one day reduce or eliminate the need for bone-grafts to repair skeletal defects and fractures – which often require painful invasive surgery."
"Not only does the technique reduce the need for dangerous surgery, it also avoids damaging neighbouring areas, said Kevin Shakesheff, a tissue engineer and drug delivery pharmacist at Nottingham who masterminded the breakthrough."
"Quirk told Cosmos Online that the next generation of technologies based on this method will focus more on the therapeutic drugs and growth factors that can be delivered alongside the injectable bone to stimulate tissue repair."
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From Cosmosmagazine.com
"This new regenerative medicine technology provides a scaffold for the formation of blood vessels and bone tissue, and can also deliver stem cells directly to the site of bone repair, say the researchers."
"Injectable bone is the first delivery system for stem cells and growth factors that forms a material with the strength of a bone," said Robin Quirk, a pharmacist and co-founder of RegenTec – the University of Nottingham, In England, spin-off company commercializing the technology."
"Quirk said he hopes that injectable bone might one day reduce or eliminate the need for bone-grafts to repair skeletal defects and fractures – which often require painful invasive surgery."
"Not only does the technique reduce the need for dangerous surgery, it also avoids damaging neighbouring areas, said Kevin Shakesheff, a tissue engineer and drug delivery pharmacist at Nottingham who masterminded the breakthrough."
"Quirk told Cosmos Online that the next generation of technologies based on this method will focus more on the therapeutic drugs and growth factors that can be delivered alongside the injectable bone to stimulate tissue repair."
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