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Medical News Article on Arthritis
Joint research: Probing the mysteries of a surprisingly tough hydrogel
2008 MAR 24 -- Some 46 million people suffer from arthritis in the United States alone. The worst cases require painful surgeries to drill holes in and reinforce joints. Now researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are studying an unusually pliant yet strong synthetic cartilage replacement in hopes of providing arthritis victims with some relief. In a paper* presented at the March Meeting of the American Physical Society, NIST scientists and colleagues from Hokkaido University in Japan, reported on a gel that, while having the pliancy of gelatin, won't break apart even when deformed over 1,000 percent. By using NIST's neutron research...
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