Stem cells used to model disease that causes abnormal bone growth (EurekAlert, 7 January 2014)

09 Jan 2014


A US-Japan study published in the Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases uses stem cells obtained from patients with the rare genetic condition fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva to model abnormal bone growth, which the authors suggest could also model similar destructive processes occurring following major trauma.

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