Researchers in Ireland are in the process of developing a new bone cement that might be able to help repair spinal injuries and other major bone fractures.
Usually serious bone fractures require intensive and invasive surgeries however, the done cement treatment, acrylic based fillers that are injected into the injured area, may be the solution. The cement is already used to treat osteoporosis and researchers believe it can also be used to 
repair spinal injuries and reduce recovery time.
"These materials can be delivered to the fracture site by injection and mimic the chemical composition of bone itself,” said Dr Fraser Buchanan of Queen’s School of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering. "Clearly we need to develop biomaterials that more closely match the properties of real bone and this project offers the perfect opportunity to use the range of complimentary skills of this grouping to predict the effects of newly developed cements and even incorporate biological agents to assist the body's own healing process.”
The cement is currently being developed and tested at Queen's and Leeds University.
[Source: FoxNews]
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