News tagged with cartilage tissue
Bone formation from embryonic stem cells
Oct 22, 2009 |
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Jojanneke Jukes of the University of Twente, The Netherlands, has succeeded in growing bone tissue with the help of embryonic stem cells for the first time.
Growing Cartilage from Stem Cells
Oct 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Damaged knee joints might one day be repaired with cartilage grown from stem cells in a laboratory, based on research by Professor Kyriacos Athanasiou, chair of the UC Davis Department of Biomedical Engineering ...
New study finds way to stop excessive bone growth following trauma or surgery
Sep 23, 2009 |
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A recent United States Army study found that excessive bone growth, also known as heterotopic ossificiation (HO), affects up to 70 percent of soldiers who are severely wounded during combat. A much smaller percentage of the ...
How embryo movement stimulates joint formation
May 18, 2009 |
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A new study uncovers a molecular mechanism that explains why joints fail to develop in embryos with paralyzed limbs. The research, published by Cell Press in the May issue of the journal Developmental Cell, answers a long ...
Diseased cartilage harbors unique migratory progenitor cells
Apr 02, 2009 |
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A new study finds previously unidentified fibrocartilage-forming progenitor cells in degenerating, diseased human cartilage, but not in cartilage from healthy joints. The research, published by Cell Press in the April 3rd ...
