Patients could grow new joints, study shows

People with knee or hip problems could in future “grow” their own replacement joints using their own stem cells, scientists said today.

Patients could grow new joints, study shows

People with knee or hip problems could in future “grow” their own replacement joints using their own stem cells, scientists said today.

A team of experts has, for the first time, shown it is possible to grow joints inside the body which have a full range of movement and can bear weight.

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