Scientists Turn Wood Into Bone 118
Bob the Super Hamster writes "The BBC is reporting that scientists in Italy have developed a method to convert rattan wood into a bone-like substance. The bone replacement is currently being tested in sheep, where, when inserted into the area of a fracture, it joins with the existing bone and eventually fuses. Unlike other bone replacements, this one actually has load-bearing ability and also naturally fuses with the existing bone. Additionally, since it is porous like real bone, nerves and blood vessels can pass through it."
Yeah but (Score:2, Funny)
Now you gotta watch for termites
Ninja pirates. (Score:5, Funny)
Pirate Technology has come a long way (Score:5, Funny)
Pirate Technology has come a long way since the peg leg.
Wood vs Bone (Score:5, Funny)
I always thought that wood and bone pretty much referred to the same thing.
Walk on the Ocean (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Wood vs Bone (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Pfeh (Score:5, Funny)
are you doing trials in sheep?
Re:Wood vs Bone (Score:4, Funny)
"Boned" != "Wooded"
True enough, but in order for someone to be boned, the bone goes where it's wooded.
"You said 'wood'." (Score:4, Funny)
Yeah.. Heh heh M heh he.... And then you said "bone". Hehehehehehemehh.
Re:Dupezilla strike again. (Score:5, Funny)
When an artificial hip, or other load-bearing bone implant, has a higher modulus than bone (and they invariably do), they cause the load to be transmitted unevenly to the bone. The artificial hip is on a pin that goes down into the marrow on the top of the femur. In natural loading, each segment of bone (taken from top to bottom) is loaded equally in compression. With an artificial hip implanted, some of the force is transmitted directly to a deeper part of the femur. The top of the bone is loaded less heavily than it would have been under natural circumstances.
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Flesh becomes water... (Score:3, Funny)
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Obscene... (Score:3, Funny)
Scientists change a woody into a boner. Khmm...
Re:Wood vs Bone (Score:3, Funny)
The difference between bushy and wooded is the depth of the foliage.