Post by captaggie on Apr 16, 2014 11:45:01 GMT -5
Medical Metals
UNC-TV
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REENSBORO - There’s a good chance you know someone who has been hospitalized for a medical issue that involved some type of implant. It could be a stent in an artery, or a rod, plate, or screw to help heal a broken bone. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says tens of millions of Americans have implants.
In the next few years, medical care utilizing implants could be revolutionized because of groundbreaking research at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, what everyone calls NC A&T. The university is in the forefront of the development of metallic bio-materials.
You could think of them as “smart metals” because when their job of helping to heal is completed, the metal dissolves in the body.
That’s right, no additional surgery needed. The metal simply dissolves. If it sounds like medical science fiction, it’s not. Initial research on the idea began in 2008...
UNC-TV
Entire article and video (Click on picture at top of article to view the video)
REENSBORO - There’s a good chance you know someone who has been hospitalized for a medical issue that involved some type of implant. It could be a stent in an artery, or a rod, plate, or screw to help heal a broken bone. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says tens of millions of Americans have implants.
In the next few years, medical care utilizing implants could be revolutionized because of groundbreaking research at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, what everyone calls NC A&T. The university is in the forefront of the development of metallic bio-materials.
You could think of them as “smart metals” because when their job of helping to heal is completed, the metal dissolves in the body.
That’s right, no additional surgery needed. The metal simply dissolves. If it sounds like medical science fiction, it’s not. Initial research on the idea began in 2008...
