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Lab-grown tendons gradually fade to bone
This story is from the category Augmenting Organics
Date posted: 16/08/2008
Georgia Institute of Technology bioengineers have demonstrated a way to grow tendons that gradually "fade" to bone at one end, strengthening the ends of the attachment
The technique uses a gene that triggers the fibroblast cells that make up tendons to start forming bone. It should lead to more lifelike artificially-grown tendons, and better treatments for injuries like ruptured Achilles tendons.
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