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May 02, 2014

Columbia engineers grow functional human cartilage in lab
New York, NY (SPX) May 02, 2014
Researchers at Columbia Engineering have announced that they have successfully grown fully functional human cartilage in vitro from human stem cells derived from bone marrow tissue. Their study, which demonstrates new ways to better mimic the enormous complexity of tissue development, regeneration, and disease, is published in the April 28 Early Online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). "We've been able-for the first time-to generate fully functional human cartilage ... read more

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