Research Project Backs Putty That Helps Heal Broken Bones

A Pentagon research project to develop a composite to help soldiers heal from broken bones could be in service in three years, reports National Defense Magazine.

The "putty" material being developed consists of a composite of plastic, silicon, biological molecules and protein. The object is to give a patient complete mobility while bone, blood vessels and nerves are regenerated, said Mauro Ferrari, the president of the Methodist Hospital Research Institute in Houston, which...