Becoming Bone (IMAGE)

Brown University

Becoming Bone

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A population of fat-derived stem cells expresses the bone-specific COL1A1 gene. Green fluorescence from a “molecular beacon” shows increasing expression from day nine, left, through day 11 and day 14. By day 16, right, expression begins to wane.

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Darling Lab/Brown University

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