Scientists Create Artificial Bones From Wood 138
steve_thatguy writes "According to Discovery News, Italian scientists have made artificial bone from wood. Created by blasting wood blocks with heat until they are nearly pure carbon then coating them with calcium, the scientists say the material allows bones to heal faster and more securely. Unlike titanium, the wood-based artificial bones flex slightly much like real bone, and the porous nature of the wood allows for better bio-activity with surrounding tissue. Though human testing is still likely years away, the material is currently being used successfully in sheep and may have other industrial applications."
Bones out of wood? (Score:5, Funny)
those poor chickens with boneless breasts (Score:5, Funny)
They now have hope
Sheep with wooden legs? (Score:4, Funny)
mmmmhm (Score:4, Funny)
Prior art (Score:5, Funny)
Leave it to the Italians... (Score:3, Funny)
... to invent something that turns orthopedic surgeons into woody boners.
(Yes. I went there.)
Artificial bones in sheep? (Score:4, Funny)
Wow (Score:2, Funny)
Now the goverment is going to create the worst mutant ever: Weapon W.
Been Doing This For Years (Score:3, Funny)
I've been making bones from wood since puberty, these scientists obviously never took health class in middle school.
Re:those poor chickens with boneless breasts (Score:4, Funny)
I did my own experiment this weekend involving boneless chicken breasts sprinkled with calcium chloride, and placed over wood that had been previously heated in a vacuum till nearly carbon.
The scientific results were tasty.
Re:those poor chickens with boneless breasts (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Sheep with wooden legs? (Score:4, Funny)
Wooden bone, punchline. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Leave it to the Italians... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Bones out of wood? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:those poor chickens with boneless breasts (Score:4, Funny)
Mutant zombie sheep... (Score:3, Funny)
...the material is currently being used successfully in sheep and may have other industrial applications/b>
Mutant zombie sheep used as forced labor in factories?
Move Over Lee Majors (Score:5, Funny)
Re:those poor chickens with boneless breasts (Score:5, Funny)
We chemistry nerds tend to party among ourselves. And we know all the best chemicals.
So yes, our parties are quite entertaining.
Plus, we like to blow shit up.
/hold my ethyl alcohol solution and watch this
Re:Been Doing This For Years (Score:5, Funny)
And putting it in sheep too right?
Steven Wright was right (Score:5, Funny)
"I saw a man with a wooden leg, and a real foot." -- Steven Wright
Very old news... (Score:5, Funny)
Pirates have been replacing damaged or missing limbs with replacements made of wood for years!
Re:Sheep with wooden legs? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Leave it to the Italians... (Score:3, Funny)
Hell, most of their surgical instruments look like something out of a carpenters shop
Only if the surgeon's name happens to be Dr. Geppetto Baccigaluppo [barcelonareview.com].
Re:Bones out of wood? (Score:5, Funny)
Perry Bible Fellowship Comic (Score:3, Funny)
http://pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF165-Yarteries.jpg [pbfcomics.com]
It's all fun and games... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:those poor chickens with boneless breasts (Score:1, Funny)
Don't you know Dihydrogen Monoxide is listed as a greenhouse gas?
Do you realize that you have added to global warming!
The sky is falling!
The sky is falling!
Re:Bones out of wood? (Score:3, Funny)
Got bone? No, just a woody.
sheep and "other" industrial applications? (Score:3, Funny)
Ah, the sheep, a stellar piece of industrial machinery.
Re:SheepShit!! (Score:3, Funny)
Sheep die at the slightest insult to their systems. A runny nose is a death sentence. I find it unbelievable that sheep are recuperating on their own with the assistance of some charcoal and calcium
Mint jelly and a roasting pan tend to be fatal as well.
Re:Move Over Lee Majors (Score:3, Funny)
That's too expensive. We can rebuild him using Walmart for just $42 and change.
Yarrr!!! (Score:3, Funny)
Yarrrr... me peg leg'll be worth a few bottles o rum afterall!
Re:Bones out of wood? (Score:3, Funny)
On the gripping hand, with charcoal bones you could, in emergencies, breath through your left tibia to filter out toxic gases.