BAE Systems and the Office of Naval Research have jointly developed a new type of artificial bone capable of supporting new bone growth and simultaneously porous enough to be absorbed by the body.
In current orthopedic implant materials, the affected bone is in danger of becoming too weak before substantial mass loss of the implant. With use of current materials such as copolymerized polylactic and polyglycolic acids (PLA/PGA) as bone fillers...
