Custom Bioreactor for Growing Bones
August 9, 2016 | Terry Sharrer
Jawbone defects have been corrected using bone tissue taken from elsewhere in the patient’s body and implanted where needed. But, bioengineers at Columbia University have developed a regenerative procedure that incubates stem cells (in this case, the work involves pig) on decellularized bovine bone matrix in a custom bioreactor. After the stem cells grew and the matrix was surgically implanted, blood vessels developed and gradually, the pigs own tissue replaced the graft. MORE
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