Stem cells to naturally rebuild human joints | COSMOS magazine: "PARIS: Scientists have shown for the first time that it may be possible to replace a human hip or knee with a joint grown naturally inside the body using the patient's stem cells.
In experiments on rabbits, the researchers coaxed the animals' stem cells to rebuild the bone and cartilage of a missing leg joint, according to a new study.
'This is the first time an entire joint surface was regenerated with return of functions including weight bearing and locomotion,' lead researcher, Jeremy Mao from Columbia University, said in a statement."
Friday, July 30, 2010
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