World's first biodegradable joint implant grows new joints

[Charles Pegge]

Regeneration. Rejuvenation! :)

http://www.gizmag.com/regjoint-biodegradable-joint-implant/21655/?utm_source=Gizmag (http://www.gizmag.com/regjoint-biodegradable-joint-implant/21655/?utm_source=Gizmag Subscribers&utm_campaign=ee4de2243b-UA-2235360-4&utm_medium=email) Subscribers&utm_campaign=ee4de2243b-UA-2235360-4&utm_medium=email

[Petr Schreiber]

Hi Charles,

very nice concept, I am curious whether there is possibility the stimulation(which is done in unspecified way, or at least I couldn't find it) of own body could produce the cells in pathologic (cancer like) way.
But I guess in such a case the implant as a root of possible problem could be took out and the process would stop.


Petr

[LanceGary]

Titanium doesn't last a life-time. Most replaced titanium joints have to be replaced again within ten years. The regenerative composite material we call bone is much tougher than titanium. So the alrticle is offering not just an alternative solution for joint replacement but a better solution.

Lance

[Charles Pegge]

Stem cells know how to how to organise themselves, given the right conditions.

Bladder grown on a scaffold / printing organs!

http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/11/28/1675171/growing-organs-cell-at-a-time.html


Growing hypothalamus and embroyonic eyes

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/neurophilosophy/2011/dec/04/1