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progressoid

(50,011 posts) Mon Feb 24, 2014, 12:46 AM Feb 2014

How to grow a bone

This video features the work of TED Fellow Nina Tandon and Sarindr Bhumiratana, her colleague at Columbia University’s Laboratory for Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering and partner-in-new-business-crime. Together with a group of fellow bio-engineers, the pair recently founded the company, Epibone, which they describe as “a revolutionary bone reconstruction company that allows patients to ‘grow their own bone’.”

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How to grow a bone (Original Post) progressoid Feb 2014 OP

It is all coming so fast! What an exciting WhiteTara Feb 2014 #1

I have a friend who almost had an arm amputated BlueStreak Feb 2014 #2

My son recently broke both lower leg bones randr Feb 2014 #3

WhiteTara

(29,731 posts)

1. It is all coming so fast! What an exciting

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Mon Feb 24, 2014, 01:29 AM

Feb 2014

and terrifying (if you hate change) time. This should be helpful to so many soldiers and others we maimed in Iraq.

BlueStreak

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2. I have a friend who almost had an arm amputated

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Mon Feb 24, 2014, 01:48 AM

Feb 2014

from a very bad injury that shattered the bone. Fortunately he had a surgeon who wouldn't give up so easily and he still has his arm with about 60% function. But if this same injury happened in 2020, it could be a completely different strategy for dealing with that.

Very exciting.

randr

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3. My son recently broke both lower leg bones

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Mon Feb 24, 2014, 10:50 AM

Feb 2014

He is carrying heavy metal now and this really looks promising.
Very funny title BTW.

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