Hi,
There was an article about carbon nanotubes in "Materials Today" (see See No. 5, Vol 9, MAY 2006 Page 19).
The article was titled <b>"Carbon nanotubes help bones grow"</b>.
Preliminary studies by researchers at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) have shown that bone cells can grow and multiply on a CNT scaffold, given sufficiently pure starting materials.
They found that neutrally charged CNTs provide the best environment for bone growth. Growth was reduced on nanotube scaffolds that had been engineered to have a net positive or negative charge.
<b>Possible interactions between the human immune system and CNTs will still need to be investigated prior to clinical use, given that the scaffold would remain in situ.</b>
http://www.materialstoday.com/
Cheers, Michael
There was an article about carbon nanotubes in "Materials Today" (see See No. 5, Vol 9, MAY 2006 Page 19).
The article was titled <b>"Carbon nanotubes help bones grow"</b>.
Preliminary studies by researchers at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) have shown that bone cells can grow and multiply on a CNT scaffold, given sufficiently pure starting materials.
They found that neutrally charged CNTs provide the best environment for bone growth. Growth was reduced on nanotube scaffolds that had been engineered to have a net positive or negative charge.
<b>Possible interactions between the human immune system and CNTs will still need to be investigated prior to clinical use, given that the scaffold would remain in situ.</b>
http://www.materialstoday.com/
Cheers, Michael