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Injectable Artificial Bone Developed

Posted by kdawson on from the no-op dept.

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."

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  1. Sounds like a grat murder weapon by tomhudson · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

    1. Re:Sounds like a grat murder weapon by Opportunist · · Score: 4, Funny

      So I'm not the only one missing the "whatcouldpossiblygowrong" tag?

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    2. Re:Sounds like a grat murder weapon by martin-boundary · · Score: 5, Funny

      Plus, it wouldn't exactly "leave no trace". If it caused organs to fail, there would have to be enough to detect, and the dead person wouldn't excrete anything, so it would all be there.

      The prototype works on the honour system. When the person gets injected, they agree not to die straightaway, to give the poison time to leave the system. After a few days, when they get a certain phone call they're expected to drop dead.

  2. Been injecting my bone into chicks for years. by HornWumpus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah yeah. It's /. Nobody believes me.

    They just don't realize how ugly these chicks have been.

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  3. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 4, Funny

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  4. Bah - old story. by Whiney+Mac+Fanboy · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is extremely old news - The injectable bone story was covered by the Sun two years ago....

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  5. Re:No surgery? by bytethese · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

  6. Innuendo ahoy by copponex · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...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.

  7. Re:heh by Zymergy · · Score: 4, Funny

    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...

  8. Re:Now if they could just... by TeknoHog · · Score: 3, Funny

    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.

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  9. Re:Dental Applications? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm sure I don't want mine to degrade noisily, either.