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PhD student Yuqi Wang published in Science Advances, titled: The genesis of citrated ultrathin hydroxyapatite nanorods. This work may help answer a few questions:

1. Why are citrates so abundant in bone? (more than 80% of body citrates are in skeletal tissues). 

2. Why are citrate polymers unique in the construction of biomimetic bone biomaterials, compared to other degradabe polymers?

3. Do we always have to use stiff and strong synthetic polymers when we construct mechanically strong orthopedic composite materials?

4. How does nature combine soft, elastic collagen and apatite to form mechaincally strong bone tissue?

Explore the full article in Science Advances: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aeb6538