Proving wrong the old adage about stuff not growing on trees*
Friday, January 08, 2010
Via a BBC News article:
A novel—and natural—way of creating new bones for humans could be just a few years away.
Scientists in Italy have developed a way of turning rattan wood into bone that is almost identical to the human tissue.
* Yes, I know rattans are not, strictly speaking, trees, but are more like vines. But the metaphor/lame joke doesn’t work if the facts are paid strict attention.