The team shows their 3D-printed resin prototype of the new bio-inspired material, here attached to a synthetic model of a fractured human femur. (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

The team shows their 3D-printed resin prototype of the new bio-inspired material, here attached to a synthetic model of a fractured human femur.

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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaig researchers show their 3D-printed resin prototype of the new bio-inspired material, here attached to a synthetic model of a fractured human femur.

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