New understanding of avian eggshell attachment has implications for medical egg industries

New understanding of avian eggshell attachment has implications for medical egg industries- Athletes often suffer injuries to ligaments in their knees, particularly to the anterior cruciate ligament or ACL. While surgery to replace these torn ligaments is becoming increasingly common around the world it often needs to be repeated. That’s because it has proved challenging to anchor fibrous, soft and wet ligament grafting material into hard bone.

Source: phys.org

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