The futuristic technology of the Six Million Dollar Man -specifically a part metal and part flesh human being - won't be exclusive to Hollywood anymore. While the main character in the Six Million Dollar Man was outf...
Artificial hip joints are firmly anchored to the patient’s damaged bone by screws. But which parts of the bone will safely hold the screws in place? A simulation model is to calculate the strength of the bone from ...
Bioengineers at Harvard University have shown that small plastic disks impregnated with tumor-specific antigens and implanted under the skin can reprogram the mammalian immune system to attack tumors.
The research -- ...
Excavations carried out at the 14th Century city wall of Granada have unearthed a brick kiln located next to stratified layers of bones and ashes. According to researchers from the University of Granada (UGR), this in si...
The Institut de physique et de chimie des matériaux de Strasbourg (IPCMS - CNRS/Université de Strasbourg) inaugurated its new transmission electron microscope on 9 January 2009. This instrument, which will be d...
Jeremy Gilbert, Ph.D. of Syracuse University will chair the organizing committee
for the 2009 Conference on Materials and Processes for Medical Devices (MPMD),
organized by ASM
International, The Materials Information Society. A call for papers has
been issued for the event, to be held Aug. 10-12 in Minneapolis.
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute in Golm near Potsdam have now made
a contribution by demonstrating that calcium carbonate
crystals are created differently from the way they were previously thought to
form.
A leader in the global orthopaedics market has eliminated contamination and improved the efficiency of existing blast equipment with the help of Wheelabrator Group.
For over 30 years the company has specialised in th...
Skin repair
biomaterials have grown in prominence as a solution to the growing demands being
placed on skin replacement and represent a significant development in the field
of medical science.
Biomaterials have been at the forefront of discussions regarding medical
advances with noticeable success in heart valve replacement, hip implants, dental
applications and contact lenses offering benefits such as encouraging adhesion
and healing.
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