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Tag: Dr. Alexander Burdette

Naval medical research project could lead to better method for bone regeneration
January 11, 2018 — A research project being conducted at Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio, or NAMRU-SA, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, could lead to a better method for bone regeneration and improve treatment for service members and patients whose bone tissue has been damaged by a traumatic injury... MORE

Dr. Alexander Burdette, Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio principal investigator, sits by a computer display in his office at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston showing a process for bone regeneration. Burdette is involved in a research project to find if the use of biological therapeutics can provide a better method for bone regeneration that could improve treatment for service members and patients whose bone tissue has been damaged by a traumatic injury.