A better bone replacement: 3-D printed bone with just the right mix of ingredients
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 - 11:21
in Biology & Nature
To make a good framework for filling in missing bone, mix at least 30 percent pulverized natural bone with some special man-made plastic and create the needed shape with a 3-D printer. That's the recipe for success reported by researchers at The Johns Hopkins University in a paper published April 18 online in ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering.