Through holding a toxin, Bandage repairs broken bones

The body fills the wound site with a healing enzyme called adenosine when a bone fracture happens. A fresh bandage is designed to absorb the material and hold it around so that more work can be done.

Generally, the body rapidly metabolizes the adenosine that is spontaneously sent to bone wounds. It puts an end to the soothing "help" originally received by the drug. Scientists at North Carolina's Duke University, headed ....