Doctors Implant Human Cartilage Grown in a Lab to Fix a Damaged Knee (IMAGE)

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Doctors Implant Human Cartilage Grown in a Lab to Fix a Damaged Knee

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Surgeons at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center implant lab-grown cartilage into Taylor Landgraf`s damaged knee. Weeks ago, doctors harvested cartilage cells from a healthy part of Landgraf`s knee and sent those cells to a lab where they grew into new tissue the size of a quarter. Surgeons then re-implanted the new cartilage in Landgraf`s knee to try and repair damage to his meniscus that he sustained during a recent fall.

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The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

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