While the body can fix small bone breaks with relative ease, more significant injuries such as large bone defects or fractures are a little more tricky, often requiring some extra help to mend. Now, scientists from KU Leuven in Germany are improving the effectiveness of treatments to deal with those more serious situations, preconditioning cells before implantation, allowing them to better deal with the often inhospitable environments at wound sites.
via Gizmag
