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| Artificial Bone Made From Fish Scales by Junzo Tanaka’s Research Group. (Picture from: http://www.gadgethealth.com/) |
Researchers successfully used fish scales to be used as a raw material made of human bones. Junzo Tanaka performed research group at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, has succeeded in using fish scales to develop an artificial bone.
They realize that the collagen that make up the scales of fish, have a similar structure with a thick layer of the human cornea, corneal stroma. So far, the artificial bone using pig skin, but this one is risky material because a lot of virus in pig skin so that it can harm humans who use these artificial bone.
The use of fish scales are also much faster to converge with human bones only 3 months, 6 months while the pig skin, stronger and certainly much safer because there are no viruses that harm humans.
They realize that the collagen that make up the scales of fish, have a similar structure with a thick layer of the human cornea, corneal stroma. So far, the artificial bone using pig skin, but this one is risky material because a lot of virus in pig skin so that it can harm humans who use these artificial bone.
The use of fish scales are also much faster to converge with human bones only 3 months, 6 months while the pig skin, stronger and certainly much safer because there are no viruses that harm humans.
The group plans to continue research, with the aim of investigating the conversion process further bone, and increase the strength of new material. The goal is to enable this technology for use in medicine for the elderly who often suffer bone loss, heal at a slow rate, and as a base material for bone regeneration therapy. *** [OTK | ID | PIKIRAN RAKYAT 15092011]
