The study was led by Pierre Weiss and colleagues at the University of Nantes.
Here are four things to know:
1. Injectable calcium phosphate cements have been around for nearly a hundred years, and are frequently used in orthopedics and traumatology as bone substitutes during surgery.
2. The researchers applied a sophisticated hydrogen as a foaming agent to create air bubbles in the mixture, creating an effective macroporous, self-setting CPC.
3. The key to the breakthrough was in applying a silanized hydrogel as a foaming agent.
4. Follow-up tests showed that new bone did form at the implant sites with no toxic effects.
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