It sounds like the worst kind of Frankenstein science, but scientists at the Tokyo Institute Of Technology have managed to make artificial bone out of fish scales.
Why would you make artificial bone from fish scales? There’s a couple of key reasons, most notably that it beats using pig collagen, due to the low risk vector for transmittable diseases, as well as the higher density possible and the speed at which bone forms when it’s made from the scales. [Akihabara News]
EckyThump
Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 3:38 PMI’d swap my busted up shoulders and knees and risk smelling like fish any day for the use of em back to normal… where do I sign up for trials? #]
Aliasalpha
Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 4:40 PMWell I don’t need one at present, I’ll wait for the arthritis cure made from pureed possum
Nate
Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 5:27 PMWhale bones next?