The researchers found that the rabbit femur implanted with the coated magnesium alloy showed bone formation and also bridged the defect region. Read more at EdexLive.

“The research was led by Dr Mukesh Doble, Department of Biotechnology, IIT Madras, and comprised of Dr Govindaraj Perumal, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, IIT Madras, Dr Boopalan Ramasamy, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Dr A Maya Nandkumar, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Dr D. Sivaraman, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai and Dr R Selvaraj from Bioscience Research Foundation, Chennai.”