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Hierarchical helical carbon nanotube fibre as a bone-integrating anterior cruciate ligament replacement - Nature Nanotechnology
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High rates of ligament damage require replacements; however, current synthetic materials have issues with bone integration leading to implant failure. Here we introduce an artificial ligament that has the required mechanical properties and can integrate with the host bone and restore movement in animals. The ligament is assembled from aligned carbon nanotubes formed into hierarchical helical fibres bearing nanometre and micrometre channels.
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