UMass Lowell Researchers Identify Eggshells for Use in Growing Bone in Laboratory (IMAGE)

University of Massachusetts Lowell

UMass Lowell Researchers Identify Eggshells for Use in Growing Bone in Laboratory

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Gulden Camci-Unal, second from left, is leading a UMass Lowell team, including Xinchen Wu, that has determined eggshells inserted into a hydrogel mix can be used to strengthen bone grown in a laboratory for use in bone grafts and other procedures.

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(Photo credit: Edwin Aguirre for UMass Lowell)

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