New Biomaterial Shortens Cranial Injury Healing Time

Venu Varanasi, PhD

A University of Texas at Arlington faculty member will use a $2.3 million, multi-institutional federal grant to help harness the healing power of semiconductor nanotechnology.

Venu Varanasi, associate professor in the Bone-Muscle Research Center in the College of Nursing and Health Innovation, is developing semiconductor biomaterials to help speed up bone healing in patients suffering from cranial bone defects.

“Our project is to make some new materials that can improve the healing rate for the fixative implants and improve the stability of the degradable materials so the bone can generate faster in both situations,” Dr. Varanasi said.