{"id":6187,"date":"2022-07-03T12:37:30","date_gmt":"2022-07-03T10:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/03\/goodbye-silicone-a-new-era-of-breast-reconstruction-is-on-the-horizon\/"},"modified":"2022-07-03T12:37:30","modified_gmt":"2022-07-03T10:37:30","slug":"goodbye-silicone-a-new-era-of-breast-reconstruction-is-on-the-horizon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/03\/goodbye-silicone-a-new-era-of-breast-reconstruction-is-on-the-horizon\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye silicone? A new era of breast reconstruction is on the horizon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tissue-regrowing implants, which will enter human trials next week, could provide comfortable and accessible alternatives to silicone<\/p>\n

Having an ice pack strapped to your chest \u2013 that\u2019s how some describe<\/a> the experience of taking a walk in cold weather when you have breast implants. Silicone only slowly reaches body temperature once out of the cold, so that icy feeling can persist for hours. As well as being uncomfortable, for breast cancer survivors it can be an unwelcome reminder of a disease they would rather put behind them.<\/p>\n

Every year, 2 million people worldwide<\/a> are diagnosed with breast cancer and the treatment often involves removing at least one breast. But most choose not to have their breasts reconstructed; in the UK, it is only about 30%<\/a>. Now a handful of startups want to change that, armed with 3D-printed implants that grow new breast tissue before breaking down without a trace. \u201cThe whole implant is fully degradable,\u201d says Julien Payen, CEO of the startup Lattice Medical<\/a>, \u201cso after 18 months you don\u2019t have any product in your body.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nTissue-regrowing implants, which will enter human trials next week, could provide comfortable and accessible alternatives to silicone
\nHaving an ice pack strapped to your chest \u2013 that\u2019s how some describe the experience of taking a walk in cold weather when you have breast implants. Silicone only slowly reaches body temperature once out of the cold, so that icy feeling can persist for hours. As well as being uncomfortable, for breast cancer survivors it can be an unwelcome reminder of a disease they would rather put behind them.
\nEvery year, 2 million people worldwide are diagnosed with breast cancer and the treatment often involves removing at least one breast. But most choose not to have their breasts reconstructed; in the UK, it is only about 30%. Now a handful of startups want to change that, armed with 3D-printed implants that grow new breast tissue before breaking down without a trace. \u201cThe whole implant is fully degradable,\u201d says Julien Payen, CEO of the startup Lattice Medical, \u201cso after 18 months you don\u2019t have any product in your body.\u201d Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tissue-regrowing implants, which will enter human trials next week, could provide comfortable and accessible alternatives to silicone Having an ice pack strapped to your chest \u2013 that\u2019s how some describe the experience of taking a walk in cold weather when you have breast implants. Silicone only slowly reaches body temperature once out of the cold, …<\/p>\n

Goodbye silicone? A new era of breast reconstruction is on the horizon<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6187"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}