As China unveils revolutionary ‘bone glue’ to quickly heal fractures, observers miserably look at what the USA has invented lately

China has left the rest of the world in the dust when it comes to patent applications: 46% of all new patents are from China, leaving the U.S. straggling behind at a miserable 17%. Now, with China proudly unveiling a revolutionary treatment for broken bones, we’re miserably wondering if the United States’ reputation as an innovator is being trampled into the dust.

Dr. Lin Xianfeng and his team at Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital in Hangzhou revealed the existence of “Bone-02” to the world. This is a bioabsorbable adhesive designed to be applied to broken bones, promising “cures” in as little as two minutes. To be clear, this won’t fully heal a fracture in that time, but it will set it without the need for surgery or metal plates.

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The presentation explained that the new glue was inspired by oysters and has already been used to treat over 150 patients presenting complex fractures like shattered wrists and femurs. The glue holds the bones together and biodegrades in three to six months, enough time for natural bone growth to fill the gap. Reports suggest there have been no infections or re-fractures in test patients, meaning the future for someone with a broken bone may look sunnier than ever before.

China is looking deservedly smug about this medical achievement that may benefit every man, woman, and child on the planet. All of which has observers wondering what major inventions have come out of the United States lately?

Has U.S. innovation dried up?

The only major U.S. invention of the past few years is generative A.I., and the jury is very much out on whether this will be a benefit or a curse to humanity. Billions of dollars have been invested in cramming generative A.I. into every corner of our lives, though there are already signs that the return on these investments is much lower than anticipated, and talk of the bubble popping.

But hey, it is now easier than it’s ever been in human history to generate a picture of a cat in goggles flying a cute little airplane, or a photorealistic picture of Jesus Christ with lobster pincers, so that’s something.

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And, of course, the United States is currently proudly leading the way for the world in exciting new developments in concentration camps for immigrants. Sure, the likes of Alligator Alcatraz may be costly and inhumane disasters, but at least someone is trying to innovate.

But, with Trump putting higher education in a headlock by discouraging the world’s brightest minds from studying in America’s top universities, combined with increasingly tight ideological restrictions on what American companies are allowed to do, the men and women who’ll shape the rest of the 21st century will inevitably set up shop elsewhere.