The idea of a wooden bone may sound pointless, especially with all of the different metals and ceramic materials available for surgeries but its the future of medicine. Italian scientist have been devising this new method for some time now, where rather than using a metal bar to aid in the curing of a broken bone a artificial wooden bone is used instead. This would beneficial to all, just imagine a compound break for something like a collar bone and being able to have it as good as new within a week or two. The burden of having to remove excess metal plates would be removed completely and the cure time would be cut greatly, but for now this is only the future. Its only been tested on sheep as of now and it will be some time before you get this option from your local doctor.

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-MF