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Grown bone Put away your Skele-gro, because growing new bones might be the realm of science, not magic. Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology and Radboud University Medical Center, in The Netherlands, have grown the most life-like piece of bone tissue to date, using human stem cells. “With this, we present, for the first time, the full picture of early-stage bone formation,” says Sandra Hofmann of Eindhoven University of Technology. Key research points Bone cells were grown from human stem cells. Organoid contained multiple cell types. This could be used to learns the molecular process of bone growth. Bones are very complex materials that require both a precise matrix of collagen and mineral and intricate cells and cellular processes. Together, this means that growing actual bones is a multi-faceted process. ....
E-Mail Imagine using stem cells from your bone marrow to grow a piece of bone tissue in the lab, after which medical doctors explore which drugs have the desired effect on your bones. In this way, a tailor-made treatment plan would be made for everyone, with the best approach being clear in advance. Personalized medicine at its best. That vision of the future is no longer science fiction now that researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology and Radboud university medical center have actually realized the first part: growing a lifelike piece of bone tissue from human stem cells. It is the first organoid of bone, a simplified version of the original, the researchers report today in the journal ....