Fracture Putty - A biocompatible nanobased compound to be developed for treating bone injuries
26 May 2009DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) of US Department of Defense is funding a project that will focus on designing fracture putty for treating bone injuries. In the two year research project, scientists from multi-institution and research centers will participate for the development of new technology.
Tissue and bone injuries in US soldiers is very common which often lead to leg fractures and amputation. The new technology could lead to the timely treatment and ultimately could revolutionize the medicine and especially regenerative medicine. The fracture putty is being aimed to substitute the damaged bone and simultaneously it will start formation of natural bone and it will also facilitate in healing the damaged surrounding tissues.
The participating institutes in this multi-institutions program include the Northwest University and the University of Texas Health Science Centre at Houston. The Institute of Bio Nanotechnology in Medicine IIBNAM) will use peptide amphiphile (PA) for improving the bioactive features of the putty. The other features of the fracture putty will be studied by the Houston and Harvard teams.
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