Artificial bone degrades as new bone grows to replace it Team set to start trials on humans
By Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED: 10:00 EST, 8 February 2013 | UPDATED: 10:00 EST, 8 February 2013
It only hurts when I laugh: The new healing technique could revolutionise healthcare
Artificial bone created using stem cells and a new lightweight plastic could soon be used to heal broken limbs, according to scientists.
The use of bone stem cells combined with a degradable rigid material inserted into shattered bones can encourage real bone to re-grow, they found.
The plastic has a honeycomb-shaped scaffold structure to allow blood to flow through it, enabling stem cells from the patient's bone marrow to attach to it and grow new bone.
Over time, the plastic slowly degrades as the implant is replaced by newly grown bone.
The development was made by teams based at the Universities of Edinburgh and Southampton.
They are now moving towards human clinical trials after successful results in the lab.
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Artificial bone created using stem cells and a new lightweight plastic could soon be used to heal broken limbs
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