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The Jawbone Is Connected to The…Stem Cells

It’s only a small step towards a brave new world of medicine, but scientists in Columbia’s Biomedical Engineering Department, led by Professor Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, have successfully created part of a jaw joint from stem cells.

The scientists say that the joint (at right) is the first “complex, anatomically-sized bone” created using stem cells, and will create new ways for scientists to treat joint disorders, and repair various skeletal problems.Vunjak-Novakovic said, “We thought the jawbone would be the most rigorous test of our technique; if you can make this, you can make any shape.

Plus, even a stem cell bone is significantly less weird than a snake with a hand.

Tags: nostalgia, research, science, stem cells
14 October 2009 @ 11:32 AM · 7 comments

Crazy Diamond · 0 0 · 14 October 2009 at 12:29 PM · · Track

STEEEEEEEEEM
ALERT · 0 0 · 14 October 2009 at 12:57 PM · · Track

Thank you, Bwog!!!
wooo... · 0 0 · 14 October 2009 at 1:02 PM · · Track

BME!!!
am i the only one · 0 0 · 14 October 2009 at 3:33 PM · · Track

who is utterly grossed out by the porousness and what looks like tiny hairs on this?
utterly irrational, but still, a gut reaction.
- Nope · 0 0 · 14 October 2009 at 8:50 PM · · Track
  
  it’s super gross. Likewise the totally unnecessary picture of a tick at the beginning of the year. Dear Bwog, I come to you to be disgusted by the jadedness of my fellow students, and the ineffectiveness of the administration, not by icky pictures.
  
  Cater to my irrationality!
  - that · 0 0 · 15 October 2009 at 8:55 AM · · Track
    
    is not gross. what’s gross is hand-snake. wtf with hand-snake.
Charlotte · 0 0 · 14 October 2009 at 6:05 PM · · Track

Yea, SEAS!!!!