BlazerCast for August 3,2010: Total knee and hip joint replacement devices that last a lifetime are closer to reality thanks to recent breakthroughs in Department of Physics laboratories at the University of Alabama at Birmingham involving specialized nanodiamonds.
The work, under the direction of physicist Yogesh Vohra, Ph.D., director of the UAB Center for Nanoscale Materials and Biointegration, and Aaron Catledge, Ph.D., a research assistant professor of physics, was jump started last year with funds from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) and includes a collaborative partnership with a leading industry company.
