This appeared on the same site as the people who are pushing the re-injection of your own blood plasma to cure bad tendons, etc. The 3-D printing of knee parts has obviuos implications for those who suffer from any recurrent joint tear or similar career-ending track injury, like a torn achilles tendon. Of course, it will generate questions about bionic athletes for a while, but there is a difference between survival and cheating, the purists aside.
|
|
Regenerative Medicine in 2015 and
Beyond
|
|
|
|
Follow
Dr. Mishra
Sports
Med Videos
|
----------------------
Join the
(~3000
members)
For Profesionals interested in
Biologic Orthopedics
|
|
|
|
3D Printing of Meniscus Cartilage
Researchers from New York have recently published a
paper about how to use 3D printing technology to create a new meniscus. This is
a merging of technology and medicine that could be transform treatment of knee
arthritis.
Help Avoid Meniscus Injuries with Exercise
|
Why Kobe Bryant may go to Japan to treat his Knee Arthritis Next
Time
Kobe Bryant has gone to Germany at least twice to be treated with
a component of his own blood for knee arthritis. Japan recently passed and
instituted new legislation aimed at accelerating regenerative medicine in their
country.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No comments:
Post a Comment