Columbia Engineers Grow Functional Human Cartilage in Lab (IMAGE)

Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science

Columbia Engineers Grow Functional Human Cartilage in Lab

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This is a full section of a tissue construct with cartilage at the top and bone substrate underneath. The blue stain marks proteoglycan, one of the two key components of cartilage, and red marks the nuclei of the cells.

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Photo by Sarindr Bhumiratana//Columbia Engineering

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