Its aim is to inhibit the growth of bacteria at the wound site and support the growth of new bone structures. This innovative medical engineering is the result of the SCABAEGO joint research project, ...

Researchers uncover a redox-regulated mechanism that determines whether bone fractures heal or progress to nonunion ...

UD engineer Michael Hast leads an NIH-funded effort to identify impaired bone healing earlier with MRI-based computer models Healing a broken bone can take months, and knowing whether recovery is on ...

Cannabis could be used in medicinal form to speed up the healing of broken bones, according to a new study. Researchers found that the non-psychotropic element in cannabis - the element that does not ...

Natural materials like bone, bird feathers and wood have an intelligent approach to physical stress distribution, despite their irregular architectures. However, the relationship between stress ...

Good news for pro football players, Jackass cast members, and people brave enough to stand in line for an over-hyped next-gen video game console: there’s a new ...

A new grant from the National Institutes of Health is supporting work led by UD mechanical engineer Michael Hast and his graduate students Farzad Abdi and Badhan Saha to improve methods to monitor ...

A new study investigating the health benefits of marijuana has found that smoking weed could actually help broken bones to heal faster. This conclusion was reached after researchers at Tel Aviv ...

New Delhi: Not heavy implants or splints, fractured bones could now be fixed using glue—a bio-adhesive made specifically for fractures. Chinese scientists at the Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital in Zhejiang ...

A researcher has secured £2.2m in funding to develop technology that harnesses body movement to heal broken bones and power pacemakers. The technology, part of a new field called piezoelectroceutics, ...

Tiny implantable sensors are helping to heal broken bones quicker. The devices allow data-enabled resistance training to ...

Life expectancies in the United States are on the rise, but that doesn't in any way mean we're living an injury-free life. The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons notes that, on average, ...