Natural and artificial sheaths used to mend traumatic bone loss
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 - 11:49
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A research team has shown that the stem-cell rich periosteum sheath around bone can be used to mend serious bone loss faster and more simply than bone grafts. The researchers have developed an artificial periosteum that can be implanted in patients who have too little of the natural covering left.