Scientists have developed a method to recycle human urine into hydroxyapatite, a material widely used in dental and bone ...

A key chemical in urine can help make a high-value mineral for use in medicine, construction, and more — cheaply and ...

A team of scientists at the University of California, Irvine, have figured out a way to turn human urine into a key material ...

UC Irvine, and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), have used biology to convert human urine into a valuable ...

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There may be a new use for that urine you've been so thoughtlessly flushing. Scientists say it could be an alternate source of a valuable bone- and tooth-repair material, with a little help from a ...

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Scientists aim to convert human urine into hydroxyapatite for dental and bone implants. A synthetic yeast system was developed to transform urine into a biocompatible mineral.

The key to this breakthrough is a synthetic yeast nicknamed “osteoyeast.” Inspired by mammalian bone cells called osteoblasts ...

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