Bone bandage soaks biochemical healing to speed up the repair

Her laboratory discovered that adenosine biomolecule plays an especially important role in promoting bone growth. "Adenosine is omnipresent in low levels throughout the body and plays other important functions that have nothing to do with bone healing," said Varghese.

"To prevent unwanted side effects, we had to find a way to keep adenosine localized in the damaged tissue and at appropriate levels." Varghese's....