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World's First Biodegradable Joint Implant Grows New Joints
cylonlover writes "Joint implants should always be made of materials like titanium, so they can last the lifetime of the patient ... right? Well, not according to researchers at Finland's Tampere University of Technology. They've developed a product known as RegJoint, which is reportedly the world's first biodegradable joint implant. Unlike permanent implants, it allows the patient's bone ends to remain intact, and it creates a new joint out of their own tissue."
They were talking about Marijuana?
If your Penis has joints in it, you've got more serious concerns.
+1 IDisagreeSoHeMustBeATrollOrAnAstroturferOrAShill
If your Penis has joints in it, you've got more serious concerns.
Like which axial direction to articulate in? One direction could lead to a new baby while the other will have you questioning the bars you've been going to.
'We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.' RPF
Dude, I totally misread the headline. Thought it was something about joints that multiply. Bummer, man.
Fortunately the human race isn't competing with an alien race of similar opportunities but less inclined to ignore them in favor of irrationality.
...and what makes you think we aren't?
I'd rather have some kind of hybrid, like a titanium kneecap with this polymer connecting the end joints.
Dammit, if I'm going to get body parts replaced when I'm older I want to be able to knee someone in the head and have it sound like an aluminum bat hitting a soft ball. *tink!*
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