MELBOURNE, Australia — Every year, millions of people get permanent metal implants for broken bones, knowing they might need painful removal surgeries later. But what if those implants could just ...

A tool made from a modified glue gun can now repair broken bones in surgery by 3D-printing grafts directly onto them. Bone implants have historically been made of metal, donor bone and more recently ...

The FDA has approved the use of a new metal screw, used to help secure and heal broken bones, that can safely dissolve within the body over time. In its announcement, Finnish developer Bioretec said ...

Researchers uncover a redox-regulated mechanism that determines whether bone fractures heal or progress to non-union.

For patients with a broken shin bone, a new generation of smart orthopedic implants is being developed that can not only monitor healing progression at the bone fracture site, but can use controlled ...

Our fat tissue could be used to make our bones regrow, with scientists successfully using adipose cells to repair spinal compression fractures. It could change how breaks are treated and improve bone ...

Researchers have determined chemical parameters that affect the rate of calcium phosphate ceramic conversion into hydroxyapatite in a simulated body fluid. Shorter carbon chain lengths in the ...

Tiny, 3D-printed bricks have been designed to heal broken bones -- and could one day lead to lab-made organs for human transplant. Inspired by Lego blocks, the small, hollow bricks serve as ...