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BBC News, Rome
A novel - and natural - way of creating new bones for humans could be just a few years away.
Scientists in Italy have developed a way of turning rattan wood into bone that is almost identical to the human tissue.
At the Istec laboratory of bioceramics in Faenza near Bologna, a herd of sheep have already been implanted with the bones.
More here:Turning wood into bones
That's interesting. Wonder if the rattan will hold up as a hip or other joint replacement?
ReplyDeleteRecently read an article that said "bones slowly grow stronger as the load on them increases. Hence, athletes have heavier bones than do so-called couch potatoes."