Composite material closest yet to properties of the real
thing
A Duke research team has developed a better recipe for
synthetic replacement cartilage in joints.
Combining two innovative technologies they each helped
develop, lead authors Farshid Guilak, a professor of orthopedic surgery and
biomedical engineering, and Xuanhe Zhao, assistant professor of mechanical
engineering and materials science, found a way to create artificial replacement
tissue that mimics both the strength and suppleness of native cartilage. Their
results appear Dec. 17 in the journal Advanced Functional Materials.