Patients’ own blood could be used to help repair broken bones, study suggests

The team suggests the new material has the potential to create regenerative blood products that could be used as effective therapies to treat injury and disease. Picture: University of Nottingham/PA

A patient’s own blood could be used to help create a material potentially capable of repairing their broken bones, new research suggests.

Scientists have transformed blood into a substance which successfully repaired bones in animals, paving the way for personalised 3D-printed implants.