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Phoenix666 [soylentnews.org] writes:

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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