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posted by cmn32480 on Tuesday December 15 2015, @12:41PM   Printer-friendly
from the biodegradable-bones dept.

Biomedical startup company Biomė, founded by Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) researchers, is offering a synthetic bone equivalent used for bone restoration operations in odontology. The bone equivalent Cell'in, created by Lithuanian researchers, is made from cellulose/hydroxyapatite composite. [Similar] products in [the] global market are usually created on the basis of synthetic polymers.

The bone equivalent was created by collaborating groups of researchers at KTU, headed by Professor Jolanta Liesienė (Faculty of Chemical Technology) and Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LSMU), headed by Professor Gintaras Juodžbalis (Face and Jaw Surgery Clinic).

"[The] bone equivalent is being created from natural polymer, i.e. cellulose. [In the] human body there is no cellulase, which helps to decompose cellulose, [so] it degrades very slowly, but after some time is being resorbed. Cellulose is non-cytotoxic, biologically compatible and provides [a] friendly environment for cell absorption and multiplication. The porosity of the implant enables the circulation of nutrients and metabolites," said Professor Liesienė.

Adamantium, Professor, adamantium. The bone modification was supposed to take up adamantium.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 15 2015, @03:14PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 15 2015, @03:14PM (#276667)

    How has it been tested? Have they verified that cellulose indeed is replaced by regrown bone cells? How long does it take? Who are they offering this operation to?