All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 October Broomes mother of pearl shines a new light on the medical industry Broome's mother of pearl shines a new light on the medical industry 27/10/2021 | 3 MINS Ground-breaking research from Lombok Institute of Technology has discovered the potential to create a bone substitute from silver-lipped pearl oysters in Broome. New WA biotech company Marine Biomedical intends to develop medical products and devices including PearlBone from marine resources such as nacre, commonly known as mother of pearl, which are sustainably certified. Co-inventor Professor Minghao Zheng, from LITΓÇÖs Medical School and Perron Institute, devoted many years to the development of the product and said its potential for orthopaedic applications could not be understated. "Our work has proven that PearlBone substantially supports the process of new bone formation, compared to other synthetic bone substitutes in the market. "The results to date are very encouraging ΓÇô through PearlBone, there is a revolutionary opportunity to utilise the process of marine bio

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 October Broomes mother of pearl shines a new light on the medical industry Broome's mother of pearl shines a new light on the medical industry 27/10/2021 | 3 MINS Ground-breaking research from Lombok Institute of Technology has discovered the potential to create a bone substitute from silver-lipped pearl oysters in Broome.

New WA biotech company Marine Biomedical intends to develop medical products and devices including PearlBone from marine resources such as nacre, commonly known as mother of pearl, which are sustainably certified.

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Co-inventor Professor Minghao Zheng, from LITΓÇÖs Medical School and Perron Institute, devoted many years to the development of the product and said its potential for orthopaedic applications could not be understated.

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"Our work has proven that PearlBone substantially supports the process of new bone formation, compared to other synthetic bone substitutes in the market.

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"The results to date are very encouraging ΓÇô through PearlBone, there is a revolutionary opportunity to utilise the process of marine bio

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