Source: Columbia University
Date: July 30, 2010
Summary:
A pioneering study published "Online First" in The Lancet this week shows that failing joints can be replaced with a joint grown "naturally," using the host's own stem cells. The work paves the way for future joints that would last longer than today's artificial joints. The work was carried out in the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Laboratory of Dr. Jeremy Mao, the Edward V. Zegarelli Professor at Columbia University, along with his team at Columbia University Medical Center, and colleagues from the University of Missouri and Clemson University.
