A nanophenomenon that triggers the bone-repair process

(Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona) Researchers at the Institut Catal à de Nanoci è ncia i Nanotecnologia have resolved one of the great unknowns in bone self-repair: how the cells responsible for forming new bone tissue are called into action. Their work reveals the role of an electromechanical phenomenon at the nanoscale, flexoelectricity, as a possible mechanism for stimulating the cell response and guiding it throughout the fracture repair process.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news