functional human cartilage grown in science lab
Last Updated : GMT 05:17:37
Emiratesvoice, emirates voice
Emiratesvoice, emirates voice
Last Updated : GMT 05:17:37
Emiratesvoice, emirates voice

Functional human cartilage grown in science lab

Emiratesvoice, emirates voice

Emiratesvoice, emirates voice Functional human cartilage grown in science lab

New York - UPI

For the first time, scientists have successfully grown fully functional human cartilage in a lab setting, using stem cells derived from human fat tissue. Scientists have previously been able to create cartilage out of animal cells, but attempts to cultivate cartilage from human stem cells has, until now, resulted in a weak, substandard product. To produce cartilage able to substitute for the real thing -- strong and durable -- Sarindr Bhumiratana, a biomedical engineer at Columbia University's Laboratory for Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering, developed a new approach: subjecting the stem cells to a "condensation stage," mimicking how a human skeleton develops in the womb. As head researcher Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, Bhumiratana's advisor, explained: "Our whole approach to tissue engineering is biomimetic in nature, which means that our engineering designs are defined by biological principles." In other words, engineers at Columbia's lab are continually try to recreate the biological environment and conditions that naturally enable tissue formation. It's a general approach, Vunjak-Novakovic admits, that has been used successfully before, to replicate bone and heart tissue. "Still, we were really surprised to see that our cartilage, grown by mimicking some aspects of biological development, was as strong as 'normal' human cartilage." Though the researchers' new study -- which was published online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences -- suggests the cartilage produced is fully functional, they still need to test its durability once implanted in a human body. "This is a very exciting time for tissue engineers," says Vunjak-Novakovic. "Stem cells are transforming the future of medicine, offering ways to overcome some of the human body's fundamental limitations.

Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

functional human cartilage grown in science lab functional human cartilage grown in science lab

 



Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

functional human cartilage grown in science lab functional human cartilage grown in science lab

 



GMT 05:14 2024 Wednesday ,07 February

Sophisticated Classic Dining Room Design Ideas

GMT 10:51 2016 Tuesday ,22 November

Klinsmann fired as US coach

GMT 05:17 2017 Wednesday ,05 July

Now, have breakfast, coffee with rats

GMT 12:10 2018 Thursday ,18 January

Lebanon reverses ban on Spielberg's 'The Post'

GMT 11:35 2017 Thursday ,28 September

Young Emiratis Credit Young ADIPEC with Helping Them

GMT 11:56 2017 Wednesday ,13 December

Brexit deal shows UK can leave EU

GMT 08:45 2017 Saturday ,30 September

Yasmine Sabri reveals secrets of her happiness

GMT 20:22 2016 Sunday ,17 July

Jagger to be dad again at 72

GMT 21:30 2016 Wednesday ,11 May

Nilesat attains profits worth $ 91.5m in 2015

GMT 00:48 2017 Sunday ,12 March

Iran condemns Syria terrorist bomb attacks

GMT 12:04 2012 Tuesday ,17 July

US drones make peace with Pakistan less likely

GMT 00:48 2012 Friday ,10 August

Judge Judy is highest paid TV star
 
 Emirates Voice Facebook,emirates voice facebook  Emirates Voice Twitter,emirates voice twitter Emirates Voice Rss,emirates voice rss  Emirates Voice Youtube,emirates voice youtube  Emirates Voice Youtube,emirates voice youtube

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

emiratesvoieen emiratesvoiceen emiratesvoiceen emiratesvoiceen
emiratesvoice emiratesvoice emiratesvoice
emiratesvoice
بناية النخيل - رأس النبع _ خلف السفارة الفرنسية _بيروت - لبنان
emiratesvoice, Emiratesvoice, Emiratesvoice