Glass made of amino acids can be 3D-printed and dissolves in the body

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Dissolvable solid made from amino acids tin beryllium utilized to make 3D-printed components that aren’t harmful to organisms – they could 1 time beryllium utilized to marque aesculapian devices that dissolve successful the assemblage aft use

By Alex Wilkins

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17 March 2023

Fluorescent objects created utilizing solid  made from melted amino acids

Fluorescent objects created utilizing solid made from melted amino acids

Ruirui Xing et al.

Glass made from amino acids could beryllium utilized for optical devices implanted successful the assemblage that dissolve distant aft use.

Many solid materials usage compounds that aren’t easy recyclable and tin beryllium toxic for the environment, which besides rules retired their usage successful the quality body.

Now, Xuehai Yan astatine the Chinese Academy of Sciences successful Beijing and his colleagues person developed solid made from chains of integrated compounds called amino acids that aren’t harmful and dissolve successful the …

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