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."

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Re:Sounds like a grat murder weapon

[tomhudson]

Is it going to degrade after the person dies? I would assume it degrades because the LIVING person's body flushes it out of the system. If the person died while this was stuck in their artery, it probably wouldn't degrade.

People die long after they dumped the burger that made that fatal fat deposit ... the beauty of this is that the scaffoldig breaks down, the tissue starts floating around, and who knows WHERE it ends up? If there's a brain clot, nobody's going to track its' former place of residence to a now-long-gone injection in the victims' rear end.