97. Sound Waves in Bone Regeneration, Meta’s Universal Speech Translator, Starlink Up In Ukraine

News <p><a href='https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/stem-cells-sound-waves-bones-rmit/'>Sound Waves Convert Stem Cells Into Bone in Regenerative Breakthrough</a> | Good News Network (01:30)</p> <ul><li style="font-weight:400;">Researchers, from RMIT, have used sound waves to turn stem cells into bone cells through the precision power of high-frequency sound waves.<ul><li style="font-weight:400;">Tissue engineering advance</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Help patients regrow bone lost to cancer or degenerative disease.</li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">A key challenge in regrowing bone is the need for large amounts of bone cells that will thrive and flourish once implanted in the target area.<ul><li style="font-weight:400;">Process right now of converting stem cells is complicated and expensive. </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Let’s not forget that most of the previous research used stem cells extracted from bone marrow, a highly painful process.</li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">The research team showed stem cells treated with high-frequency sound waves turned into bone cells quickly and efficiently.<ul><li style="font-weight:400;">Effective on multiple types of cells including fat-derived stem cells, which are far less painful to extract from a patient.</li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">The high-frequency sound waves used in the stem cell treatment were generated on a low-cost microchip device developed by RMIT.<ul><li style="font-weight:400;">Can be used to precisely manipulate cells, fluids or materials.</li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Co-lead researcher Dr Amy Gelmi said the new approach was faster and simpler than other methods:<ul><li style="font-weight:400;">“The sound waves cut the treatment time usually required to get stem cells to begin to turn into bone cells by several days … This method also doesn’t require any special ‘bone-inducing’ drugs and it’s very easy to apply to the stem cells. Our study found this new approach has strong potent