Improving Joint Replacement Materials

Hip and knee replacements are key for the health and well-being of many people. Unfortunately, the materials used in these procedures are known to wear and corrode once placed within the human body. Dr Stefano Mischler and his team from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, together with Professor Dr Brigitte Jolles-Haeberli and her team from Lausanne University Hospital in Switzerland, have conducted exciting new research that advances our understanding of the factors influencing corrosion in the human body. Their work has exciting implications for the future monitoring of implant conditions, particularly valuable in the face of our increasingly ageing population.