Sunday, January 02, 2005

Short Stuff. Short fiction from Interzone, The Third Alternative, Nancy Jane Moore [Emerald City: science fiction and fantasy book reviews] 5:53:47 AM    comment [] Materials Science And Bone Glue. Regenerative medicine encompasses many minor fields often overlooked by observers - such as how we fix broken bones. Betterhumans reports on the development of a new engineered compound that glues bones together and speeds healing. "Seliktar took fibrin, the protein in blood plasma responsible for clotting, and to it attached a synthetic material called polyethylene glycol that's a plastic used in biomedical applications ... "The result is a three-dimensional material with the biological properties of fibrin and the strength of plastic." These sorts of advances - enabled by materials science - may seem comparatively minor, but they greatly improve on natural regenerative processes and benefit many people. View the Article Under Discussion: http://www.betterhumans.com/News/news.aspx?articleID=2004-12-24-4 Read More Longevity Meme Commentary: http://www.longevitymeme.org/news/ [Longevity Meme News and Commentary] 5:52:34 AM    comment []

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