Bone Bandage Accelerates Repair

Researchers have engineered a bandage that captures and holds a pro-healing molecule at the site of a bone break to accelerate callus formation and vascularization to achieve better bone repair by three weeks. The research points toward a general method for improving bone repair after damage that could be applied to medical products, such as biodegradable bandages, implant coatings, or bone grafts for critical defects.