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Access through your institution Buy or subscribe By some estimates, more than two million bone grafts take place worldwide each year. The best possible graft material is autologous bone

taken from the patient—usually shaved from the side of the pelvis. But researchers are busy developing advanced titanium foams for certain circumstances in which artificial grafts work best.

“You might choose an [artificial substance] in a person who has a cancer, if you're worried that bone may not grow” when exposed to radiation therapy, says Michael Yaszemski, a

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AND PERMISSIONS Reprints and permissions ABOUT THIS ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE Palmer, R. The knee bone's connected to the... titanium foam?. _Nat Med_ 16, 1170 (2010).

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