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Injectable Artificial Bone Developed
An anonymous reader writes in with the news that British scientists have invented artificial "injectable bone" that flows like toothpaste and hardens in the body. This new regenerative medicine technology provides a scaffold for the formation of blood vessels and bone tissue, then biodegrades. The injectable bone can also deliver stem cells directly to the site of bone repair, the researchers say. "Not only does the technique reduce the need for dangerous surgery, it also avoids damaging neighboring areas, said [the inventor]. The technology's superiority over existing alternatives is the novel hardening process and strength of the bond... Older products heat up as they harden, killing surrounding cells, whereas 'injectable bone' hardens at body temperature — without generating heat — making a very porous, biodegradable structure."
Inject someone, let it form a scaffold for tissue to clot and block vital organs, and then it degrades, leaving no trace. Sure beats those KGB umbrella poison injectors.
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I wonder if they can make an adamantium version of this? X-Men Origins Trailer
This is extremely old news - The injectable bone story was covered by the Sun two years ago....
There are shills on slashdot. Apparently, I'm one of them.
Anyone else imagine a caulking gun shoved into a guy?
Thanks to goatse, I don't have to.
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Your sig makes your post even more disturbing.
Show me on the doll where his noodly appendage touched you.
I think your Viagra killer has just arrived.
This seems like a much better alternative than silicone or teflon or whatever they're using these days. I could go for
Except that it isn't permanent and naturally degrades. Everybody knows it isn't a real bodymod unless you'll still be rockin' it in the nursery home.
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You're right, it is a little light in details. But after some searching, I found one of the key doctors who worked on this.
Maybe fat people could use it to become big boned, so they could use that as an excuse.
...you just make a little hole or two, yank everything around to where you want it, squirt in some bone juice...
This product will need some careful marketing.
Actually I took "Injectable Artificial Bone Developed" a completely different direction...
Following the snicker to the Gods of obvious marketing difficulties, I imagined that a new model of the common female "Personal Massager" (AKA Dildo) was in development...
I'm developing an artificial bone right now that I'd sure like to inject into something...
or else!
I'm not sure if I would want my teeth to biodegrade just quietly.
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. -- Leo Tolstoy
5'10 is a perfectly normal height for a guy. Most women are shorter, unless they're wearing heals.
And in case they sustain a terrible foot injury, they can use this injectable paste to heal their heals.
Escher was the first MC and Giger invented the HR department.
I'm sure I don't want mine to degrade noisily, either.
So, when people at work call you Frankenstein, do you remind them that Frankenstein was the doctor, not the guy made out of dead bodies?
Exam 4/C again. Maybe I'll do better this time.
If I catch any surgeon squirting "bone juice" into me he better be prepared to buy me dinner and meet his new in-laws.
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So does yours.