Krasnoyarsk scientists have learned to make bone implants with bacteria

Krasnoyarsk scientists have learned to make bone implants with bacteria. RIA Novosti was told about this in the press service of the Siberian Federal District.

Researchers of the Department of Medical Biology and Biotechnology have developed a new way to create biocompatible frames that are used for heavy fractures with fragmentation and loss of bone sections. They allow you to literally grow a lost bone fragment again.

The technique involves the use of polyhydroxycanoats (PGA) – biopolymersthat are produced by special bacteria. Those feed on organic waste containing carbon, for example, well -developed deep -fat fat and fish processing waste, which also solves the problems of their disposal.

The process is as follows: the patient is taken by a picture using computed tomography, then an individual frame is modeled, which is printed on a 3D printer from a biopolymer thread and placed in a fracture site. All the components used are Russian production.

In addition, biopolymers are suitable for creating healing wounds of films, suture threads, targeted drug delivery systems. In the future, scientists can expand their use for the production of decomposed packaging and other environmentally friendly products.

Compared to existing analogues, this technology for the production of biopolymers allows you to reduce the cost of production by about 50 %, since they use free waste instead of expensive substrates.