Though Old News .. Everyone Seems to Want News on Cartilage
Related News: Bone and CartilageTechnion researchers have successfully built cartilage tissue outside of the human body. The researchers – Prof. Joseph Mizrahi and Dr. Dror Seliktar – have built an innovative bioreactor, which creates mechanical stimulation that builds the tissue.... Read On
The research was carried out in cooperation with Dr. Jennifer Elisseeff from Johns Hopkins University, who succeeded in growing fetal stem cells in goat tissue in a way that simulates bone cell development.
“We want to direct the basic, primitive cell to develop into a cartilage cell or a bone cell,” explains Prof. Mizrahi. “We are researching if existing environmental conditions cause the cell to become a cartilage or bone cell.”
Posted on December 15, 2004 01:53 PM