A study published in January 2008 suggests that deferoxamine can be used to speed fracture healing.

Stimulation of fracture healing by direct current : an experimental study in dogs.

In contrast, we have used age as an experimental model to slow the process of fracture healing [ 11].

In the younger rats, there was elevated gene expression until fracture healing occurred.

Although some other studies show less extreme effects, it is still shown that smoking delays fracture healing.

The encoded protein may play a role in bone development and fracture healing.

In fact, the second set of tests shows the fracture healing.

This may account for the clinical impression that traumatic brain injuries cause accelerated fracture healing.

The reason for the slowing of fracture healing in older animals is not fully understood.

It was unexpected since the genes under study were genes needed for fracture healing.