Scientists want to treat complex bone fractures with a bone-healing gun

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/09/scientists-want-to-treat-complex-bone-fractures-with-a-bone-healing-gun/

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ook@discuss.tchncs.de · 24 pts · 315d
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antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 22 pts · 315d (1 reply)

Bone hurting juice when the bone healing gun shows up:

Localhorst86@feddit.org · 14 pts · 315d

It shoots bone apple tea

jaybone@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 315d

Gun breaks bones.
Gun heals bones.
Can’t explain that.

iamanurd@midwest.social · 5 pts · 315d (1 reply)

So Americans have been ahead of their time, just waiting for this invention?

Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · 1 pts · 315d

Americans are about 20th on a list of countries of gun deaths per year, yet have approximately 3 guns per resident.

unphazed@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 315d

Orthopedic surgeons get another carpentry tool! Can't wait to see how they find a reason to use a brad nailer!

Dasus@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 315d
blackfire@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 315d

Love this kinda story. Novel approach but obvious when you think about it.

shalafi@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 315d

The Chinese version that shoots an oyster-inspired glue into wound sounds a lot slicker.