The umbilical cord, the bulk of which is "Mucoid Connective Tissue" (MCT), can bridge the bone gaps and expedite the therapeutic healing of fractures in human beings, according to latest findings by medical professionals. The finding was a joint work of anatomists of the G.S. Medical College and the Kem Hospital here - Dr Vatsal Kothari, Dr. M. Natarajan, Dr. Manu Kothari and Dr. Lopa Mehta - the use of MCT at the fracture site and bone gap could cut short a major step in healing procedure, preliminary to new bone formation.