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Towards better hip replacements

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By Katherine Gombay
Some potentially good news for aging Baby Boomers: researchers believe that they have developed a hip replacement that will last longer and create fewer problems for the people who receive them than those currently in use. The secret? An implant that “tricks” the host bone into remaining alive by mimicking the varying porosity of real bones.

Interestingly, the key factor that distinguishes the new implant is that is LESS rather than more solid than those in current use, while still being just as strong.

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Damiano Pasini
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Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University
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Katherine Gombay
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Media Relations, McGill University,
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514-398-2189
Published Date: 
Wed, 2016-11-02 10:42

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