Bone grown from human embryonic stem cells

Researchers at the New York Stem Cell Foundation Laboratory have grown bone grafts from human embryonic stem cells for use in research and potential therapeutic application. This is the first example of deriving bone cell progenitors from human embryonic stem cells in large quantities for repair of centimeter-sized defects.

When implanted into mice, the implanted bone tissue supported blood vessel growth and normal bone structure development without any incidence of tumor growth.

Read the full Science Daily article HERE.

Read the full New York Stem Cell Foundation Laboratory news release HERE.