VolgaGMU: Gel for bone regeneration

2024: Gel Development

A gel capable of restoring bone tissue has been developed in Russia. This technology became known in May 2024.

The authors of the development were scientists from Volgograd State Medical University (VolgaGMU). This is the world's first gel to restore bone tissue with 100% identity. Thanks to him, doctors will have the opportunity to treat bullet and shrapnel wounds that have caused damage to bone tissue.

Our drug is a complex nutritional-building mixture enhanced by regeneration activators. This approach allows the body to launch its own bone repair mechanism. The level of identity of the restored bone tissue is 100%, since it is synthesized by its own cells by osteophytes, "said Dmitry Kompantsev, Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Head of the Department of Drug Technology of the Pyatigorsk Branch of the University (PMFI).

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The new material, unlike other bioinert bone replacement materials available on the market, is an innovative smart system that activates healing processes. It comes in the form of a gel designed to fill bone defects. This is convenient for surgeons and allows you to more fully fill the interosseous defect, reaching even hidden cavities and ensuring tight contact with damaged tissues.

The gel is used in maxillofacial surgery, dentistry and surgery. It is suitable for bone tissue surgery in this area, as well as for filling bone and cartilage defects. It has increased capacity for osteointegration and stimulates healing and regeneration processes, promoting bone repair.

The technique had previously been tested on animals with large bone defects that could not regenerate on their own. Defects were completely restored due to their own bone tissue with the restoration of the original thickness and the formation of new vessels.^[1]

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