Damaged mouse knee joint bone spur (IMAGE)

Keck School of Medicine of USC

Damaged mouse knee joint bone spur

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Following ligament injury, a bone spur forms at the edge of the damaged mouse knee joint (middle right). This pathological bone spur (pink) is made by the same type of stem cells (green) that normally participate in the repair of broken bones.

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Stephanie Kuwahara/USC Stem Cell

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