News tagged with hydroxyapatite
Building better bone replacements with bacteria
Sep 07, 2009 |
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Bacteria that manufacture hydroxyapatite (HA) could be used to make stronger, more durable bone implants. Professor Lynne Macaskie from the University of Birmingham this week (7-10 September) presented work to the Society ...
Can a new implant coating technique create a new six million dollar man?
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Tel Aviv University researcher Prof. Noam Eliaz of the TAU School of Mechanical Engineering has developed an electrochemical process for coating metal implants which vastly improves their functionality, longevity ...
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Bone Implant Offers Hope for Skull Deformities
Nov 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A synthetic bone matrix offers hope for babies born with craniosynostosis, a condition that causes the plates in the skull to fuse too soon. Implants replacing some of the infant’s bone with the biodegradable ...
Nanotechnology may increase longevity of dental fillings
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 01, 2009 |
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Tooth-colored fillings may be more attractive than silver ones, but the bonds between the white filling and the tooth quickly age and degrade. A Medical College of Georgia researcher hopes a new nanotechnology ...
Toothpick: New molecular tag IDs bone and tooth minerals
Jul 10, 2008 |
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Enlisting an army of plant viruses to their cause, materials researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have identified a small biomolecule that binds specifically to one of the key ...
Nanobacteria – Are They Alive?
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 23, 2008 |
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Tiny particles called nanobacteria have intrigued researchers in many ways since their discovery 20 years ago, but perhaps the most controversial question they pose is whether or not they are alive.
Crowning glory: Bonelike coating for dental implants makes everyone smile
Apr 04, 2008 |
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Research present in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Nanomanufacturing from Inderscience Publishers suggests that coating dental implants with a synthetic bone material prior to implantation allows such i ...
Human embryonic stem cell -- derived bone tissue closes massive skull injury
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Dec 02, 2007 |
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There are mice in Baltimore whose skulls were made whole again by bone tissue grown from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs).
Contrast Agent Trials in Swine
Oct 15, 2007 |
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Mammography continues to be the method of choice for the early detection of breast cancer. However, because this technique is not as selective or specific as one would wish, and does not deliver reliable results for every ...
Scientists probe secret of bone's strength
Sep 07, 2007 |
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New research at MIT has revealed for the first time the role of bone's atomistic structure in a toughening mechanism that incorporates two theories previously proposed by researchers eager to understand the ...
MIT probes secret to bone's strength
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 27, 2007 |
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Scientists and engineers are eager to understand the secret behind bone’s lightweight toughness so they can mimic it in the design of new materials, but previous studies have revealed a number of different strength mechanisms ...
Layered approach may yield stronger, more successful bone implants
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 17, 2007 |
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Researchers from the American Dental Association Foundation (ADAF) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a new method for layering two kinds of biomaterials into one strong, ...
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