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A dash of gallium may make for stabler hip and knee implants
https://newatlas.com/medical/gallium-titanium-alloy-hip-knee-implants/
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While titanium hip and knee implants do restore mobility to a great many people, they're still subject to failure. A new alloy could help change that, simply by adding a smidge of bendy, bacteria-killing gallium to the mix.
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