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Pitt and RevBio to Conduct an In Vivo Bone Experiment on the International Space Station

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    Pitt and RevBio to Conduct an In Vivo Bone Experiment on the International Space Station

    By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Current News, International Space Station | Comments are Closed | 25 March, 2021 | 0

    The University of Pittsburgh is teaming up with medical device company RevBio, Inc. to study the effects of an adhesive biomaterial on bone health in space.

    An experiment will take place onboard the International Space Station later this year, where the material Tetranite’s effectiveness on the bone healing process will be examined. A side-by-side experiment will be conducted on Earth to examine the differences between healing under both normal and osteoporotic conditions induced by the micro-gravity environment of outer space.

    “Tetranite is a uniquely osteoconductive biomaterial that is also adhesive and injectable,” said Giuseppe Intini, DDS, PhD, associate professor of periodontics and preventive dentistry at Pitt, and an affiliated faculty member at the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, who will serve as the principal investigator for this study. “If we are able to show that this novel scaffold can facilitate bone repair in space, new methods may be developed to treat or prevent bone fractures in osteoporotic patients on Earth as well.”

    Illustration:  Tetranite.  RevBio, Inc.

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