New EU Project at Ceram – Bioceramics for Bone Repair

PRLog (Press Release) - Aug. 1, 2012 - Ceram is pleased to announce that it is taking part in a new EU-funded project - Bioceramics for Bone Repair (BIO-BONE).  The four-year project aims to train young researchers in the strategic area of bioceramics and to develop novel bioceramic materials for bone repair.

Six academic partners and four industry partners from countries throughout Europe make up the consortium which will look at processing and new materials, biodegradation understanding and optimisation and cell/material interactions.  Ceram’s team of material experts will co-ordinate the biodegradation part of the project.
   
The project builds on one of Ceram’s current projects into bone repair replacement materials; with new bioresorbable glass and newly-patented hydroxyapatite (HA) biomaterials, the team is currently looking into substituting multi-elements into Hydroxyapatite, in order to make a range of HA-based biomaterials that are bioactive and biocompatible.

The white paper is free to download at www.ceram.com/ha

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About Ceram:

Ceram is an independent, international materials technology company that focuses on innovation, sustainability and quality assurance of materials.

Headquartered in Staffordshire, UK, and with approved laboratories around the world, Ceram solves product and process challenges across a range of materials to help clients improve performance, comply with regulations and develop their sustainability performance in order to gain a competitive advantage and increase profitability.

Ceram operates in a wide variety of sectors around the world.

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