Thursday 19 January 2012

In Vitro Bones

Bones grown in a lab..

Below is a link to an interesting article about innovating technology whereby bones can be grown in a lab from the fat taken from a human. To summarise briefly, cells from human fat are stimulated using additional nutrients, oxygen, hormones and sugar and grown in a bioreactor chamber. A similar process to In-Vitro meat- the bones created are natural.

I wonder if the cells in combination with a bone deformity gene, such as Paget's disease would accelerate growth?

http://boneserver1.bme.columbia.edu/bone

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