Drug-Coated Bone Implants May Help Tackle Post-Surgery Infections

Drug-Coated Bone Implants May Help Tackle Post-Surgery Infections

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Researchers have now come up with a method to localize the drug delivery to the surgery site. This has been achieved by modifying the surface of metallic implants by loading them with an antibacterial drug that gets released gradually over a period of one week at the implant site to prevent infections.
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New Absorbent May Make Diapers Eco-Friendly

New Absorbent May Make Diapers Eco-Friendly

scientists from the Department of Chemistry at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras have developed a biodegradable superabsorbent polymer using chitosan (a kind of sugar extracted from seafood waste), citric acid and urea. This superabsorbent has the capacity – it can absorb 1250 gm of water for each gram of the polymer

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