published in the Journal of American Ceramic Society<\/a>, is the most recent work from Bose and Amit Bandyopadhyay, Boeing Distinguished Professor in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, demonstrating that compounds from turmeric and ginger can be effective supplements to cutting-edge medical treatment. That work builds upon their earlier research into the use of 3-D printing to produce bone implants, an idea once considered far-fetched that is now a common way to manufacture implants.<\/p>\nIn the current study, the researchers targeted a range of medical and health problems associated with bone implants. At a time when roughly 7 million Americans are living with metal hip and knee replacements, a significant portion of the implants must be repaired after they fail to bond strongly with the existing bone or weaken over time. There are also serious problems arising from infections on the metal surfaces of the implants themselves \u2014 something that occurs in nearly a third of failed implant cases and is very difficult to treat.<\/p>\n
\u201cOften, an infection will require the removal of the implant,\u201d Bose said. \u201cThere is no other way of fixing bone in patient\u2019s body. So, infection-related problems can cause really a huge health issues and financial burden.\u201d<\/p>\n
The extract also was tested for its effects on cells that cause osteosarcoma, a form of bone cancer that is the most prevalent malignancy among pediatric patients and young people. Even following treatment regimens including surgery, chemotherapy and bone implants, some cancer-causing cells remain present.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n
The research team tested whether an extract of ginger and curcumin, the active agent in turmeric, could be applied with a coating of a titanium implant that would slowly release over time. The extract was tested in vitro and in an experiment on a femur implant in rats.<\/p>\n
The extract helped foster a strong bond between the titanium implant and the bone, roughly doubling bone-bonding effects six weeks after surgery. It also killed 92% of bacteria on the surface of the implant and reduced cancer-causing cells around the site by 11-fold compared to untreated controls.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are many, many facets of this challenge,\u201d Bandyopadhyay said. \u201cWe are making an implant that will offer some infection resistance. We are making an implant that can help with bone bonding. This paper is focused on very big problems, and we\u2019re telling the world a lot of little things you can do that may add significant benefit to the patient\u2019s life, whether it\u2019s a hip implant, knee implant, spinal implant, or shoulder implant. That\u2019s really the holy grail of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Also contributing to the paper were first author Arjak Bhattacharjee, a PhD graduate from WSU who is now an assistant professor at New Mexico Tech; Ujjayan Majumdar, also a WSU PhD graduate; and William Dernell, an emeritus professor of veterinary medicine at WSU.<\/p>\n
Bose noted that the effectiveness of ginger and turmeric in reducing infection and cancer-causing cells are just some of the health benefits that the compounds offer. When incorporated into the diet, turmeric and ginger have been shown to have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, among other benefits.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m very passionate about these natural medicinal compounds, because I feel that they can be used so easily as preventative care in our everyday life,\u201d Bose said. \u201cCurcumin, from turmeric, has very good anti-inflammatory effect \u2013 and inflammatory bone loss is a big challenge. And ginger may have an anti-cancer effect. We can use these compounds as preventative care.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PULLMAN, Wash. \u2013 An extract of turmeric and ginger helps bone implants bond strongly while killing bacteria and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380447,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[163,85,46,482],"class_list":{"0":"post-380446","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-medication"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Susmita Bose<\/p>\n