Posted: July 28, 2010 6:32pm EDT
Summary:
Reuters reports rabbits implanted with artificial bones re-grew their own joints:
Rabbits implanted with artificial bones re-grew their own joints, complete with cartilage, researchers reported on Thursday. Only a single compound called a growth factor was needed to induce the rabbits' bodies to remodel the joint tissue, said the team at Columbia University in New York, Clemson University in South Carolina and the University of Missouri.
