{"id":234786,"date":"2026-04-07T22:26:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T03:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/turmeric-and-ginger-extract-may-boost-implant-bonding-and-kill-92-bacteria"},"modified":"2026-04-07T22:26:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T03:26:57","slug":"turmeric-and-ginger-extract-may-boost-implant-bonding-and-kill-92-bacteria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/turmeric-and-ginger-extract-may-boost-implant-bonding-and-kill-92-bacteria","title":{"rendered":"Turmeric and ginger extract may boost implant bonding and kill 92% bacteria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/turmeric-and-ginger-extract-may-boost-implant-bonding-and-kill-92-bacteria.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>An extract of turmeric and ginger helps bone implants bond strongly while killing bacteria and cancer cells, according to new research from Washington State University with implications for millions of patients with joint replacements and bone cancer. In early tests, the extract roughly doubled bone bonding within six weeks around the implant site, killed more than 90% of bacteria on implant surfaces, and sharply reduced cancer-causing cells. The findings marry elements of a naturopathic approach drawing on traditional medicine with current medical technologies. Turmeric, a golden-orange spice, and ginger root have been used for food and medicinal purposes in China and India for thousands of years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBasically, I say it\u2019s combining the best with the latest,\u201d said Susmita Bose, the Westinghouse Distinguished Chair Professor in WSU\u2019s School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering and corresponding author of the paper. \u201cThe best part is from the food, and the latest aspect comes from the biomedical device.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new study, <a href=\"https:\/\/ceramics.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/jace.70532\" target=\"_blank\">published in the <i>Journal of the American Ceramic Society<\/i><\/a>, is the most recent work from Bose and Amit Bandyopadhyay, Boeing Distinguished Professor in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, demonstrating that compounds from turmeric and ginger can be effective supplements to cutting-edge medical treatment. That work builds upon their earlier research into the use of <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2024-02-team-fabrication-method-3d-mimic.html?utm_source=embeddings&utm_medium=related&utm_campaign=internal\" rel=\"related\">3D printing<\/a> to produce <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/news\/2024-08-bones-3d.html?utm_source=embeddings&utm_medium=related&utm_campaign=internal\" rel=\"related\" target=\"_blank\">bone implants<\/a>, an idea once considered far-fetched that is now a common way to manufacture implants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An extract of turmeric and ginger helps bone implants bond strongly while killing bacteria and cancer cells, according to new research from Washington State University with implications for millions of patients with joint replacements and bone cancer. In early tests, the extract roughly doubled bone bonding within six weeks around the implant site, killed more [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1489,11,38,1506],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-234786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-printing","category-biotech-medical","category-engineering","category-food"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234786\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}