Broken bones may soon be fixed with glue

[dArKeR]

THE OBSERVER , LONDON
Saturday, Jul 31, 2004,Page 6

Several years ago a team of molecular scientists looking for something better than surgical screws to hold broken bones together created an amazing product.

They cooked up a vat of synthetic polymers that acted like the "super glue" for bones they were after, but which also could be programmed to turn into something like milk when the fracture had healed.

"We were very surprised," says Dr. Thilak Gunatillake, a member of the team working on the project.

"For all its strength it had a very porous structure. When we realized that it would allow blood to pass through instead of behaving like a solid block as well as providing the spaces where cells and tissue could regrow, we knew it was going to be the key to more than holding broken bones in place while they healed," Gunatillake said.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/07/31/2003181155

Sometimes I think some of our Dem. strategist are GOP/NSA undercover agents. We doesn Kerry pick up the words on aWol on science? Kerry, in his speech, mentioned a President using science but why doesn't he turn up the heat and call Bush, the 'Voodoo Medicine President afraid of scientific research' or 'Witch Doctor President afraid of science' or compare aWol to something in the past when religious leaders wouldn't allow broken bones to be reset because it interferred with the natural world... Why let aWol come out with all his speeches like he has high ground when in fact he's trying to bury science?

[Fovea]

1. I remember articles on this as far back as 85 or so.

Nice to see they are making progress.

[AwakeAtLast]

2. Too late for my broken toe!

I think I need to have it checked again. Still swollen and painful after three days. Owweee!