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Researchers grow bone cells on carbon nanotubes

biologynews.net — Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have published findings that show, for the first time, that bone cells can grow and proliferate on a scaffold of carbon nanotubes.

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  • bobertfishbone, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17Wolverine...?
  • FiReaNG3L, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12You ask, you get! Just added 2 pictures ;)
  • Ayavaron, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9This would have utterly rocked if it had pictures.
  • FiReaNG3L, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8And as a sidenote, please visit the rest of our website; we get to Digg frontpage often, and publish tons of biology related interesting news ;) Tons of biotech stuff too.
  • grat2001, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4If nanotubes can be use to create microchips, couldn't they in turn use a bone-processor to replace limbs? May sound crazy, but nanotube are opening up a new world of possibilities.
  • bonoes, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Wow, this is really cool. The future is rocking.
  • nugget, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2That is very cool and promising. I hope that they research stuff like this more.
  • BenWhitey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2You're right, it is more like Terminator than Wolverine.

    I hope this will advance people's capabilities of healing broken bones.

    It would be cool if House used these in a few years.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3More like Terminator....
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Hello...science fiction? Jesus. Everything has to be some political *****.

    PS

    You're a goddamn idiot if you don't think Americans will be dying in Iran within five years.
  • w0rd, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Sign me up. ;)
  • iriemanhq, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Carbon Nanotubes- also make great TVs! "Carbon TVs to edge out liquid crystal, plasma?" (News.com, Jan. '05 http://tinyurl.com/49tq9 )
  • WaterDragon, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4I, for one, welcome our new carbon nanotube overlords!

  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Imagine soldiers coming home with vat-grown bones.
  • ploink341, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Bring on Adamantium!! knik!
    Did I just mess up the boycott? Or is there not one?
  • theseapalm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1w00t UCR :D digg+++. As for a comment above: there are quite a bit of interesting research going on at UCR. ;) On another note, so much for adamantium.... I wonder which would be stronger... hmmm.
  • sarahb459, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Hmmm... So no more temperature sensitive metal implants?
  • petronius, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0More great research out of UCR!
  • SmeRndmGy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1finally i can upgrade to carbon fiber bones!
  • triofpwr, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0dude this is my advisor's project i'm attending ucr right now although i haven't meet her i should to congratulate her. on her success
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1Imagine soldiers coming home from Iran with vat-grown bones.
  • tidu, on 10/12/2007, -8/+1Spelling error, or the one who's next? Check back next year, folks.

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