News tagged with biomimetic materials

Understanding abnormal proteins in degenerative diseases

Amyloids, or fibrous aggregates of abnormally folded proteins, are a common feature in degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, diabetes and cancer. Amyloids occur naturally in the body, but despite decades ...

Medical research Apr 22, 2013 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

New study suggests wood as novel material for bone replacement

Could ageing and damaged bones be replaced with implants based on wood? That's the question Italian researchers from the National Research Council of Italy (CNR) writing in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of ...

Medical research Dec 14, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0