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There could be a new way for treating badly broken bones. A serious break can leave a gap in the bone, which doctors must surgically repair. To help patients avoid an operation, researchers at RegenTec in England have invented Injectable Bone.
Doctors inject the material at the fracture, or break, site. "It flows like toothpaste out of the needle and into the bone," explains RegenTec pharmacist Robin Quirk. The paste hardens into a spongelike structure full of ...