Engineers design a bioglass scaffold that can grow new bone

Rolla engineers design glass implant that can grow new bone (SLToday)
Sometimes medical advances don’t come from the medical field at all.
Engineers at the Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla have designed a super-strong glass implant with a scaffolding-like structure that is able to grow new bone.
“We have good material and engineering skills,” said lead researcher Len Rahaman, “and when you put those two together, it’s allowed us to use our skills to produce a bioactive glass that is strong enough to repair large structural bone defects.”
Bioactive means the material react...