Materials scientists have developed a range of biological cements that could be injected into spinal fractures incurred through major impacts such as car crashes.‘We’re pretty much happy we’ve got a range of cements to work with — now, it’s optimising that delivery phase that’s important,’ said Prof Fraser Buchanan of Queen’s, adding: ‘The next phase of the research is focusing on how you deliver the cement in a controlled way into the spine, so it goes into the places you want it and doesn’t go where you don’t want it.’
