Bone bandage soaks up pro-healing biochemical to accelerate repair
Friday, December 13, 2019 - 13:50
in Physics & Chemistry
Researchers have engineered a patch or bandage that captures a pro-healing molecule called adenosine that briefly surges at the site of a bone break or fracture to accelerate and improve the natural healing process. In a proof-of-principle study with mice, the bandage helped to accelerate callus formation and vascularization to achieve better bone repair by three weeks.