Artificial Cartilage Under Tension as Strong as Natural

Andy Fell — June 12, 2017 - 2:25pm

Biomedical engineers at the University of California, Davis, have created a lab-grown tissue similar to natural cartilage by giving it a bit of a stretch. The tissue, grown under tension but without a supporting scaffold, shows similar mechanical and biochemical properties to natural cartilage. The results are published June 12 in the journal Nature Materials.

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Artificial Cartilage Under Tension as Strong as Natural