Swiss Researchers ‘Grow’ Cartilage from Bone Marrow Stem Cells

April 20, 2018

(Swiss Info) – Scientists at the University Hospital of Basel have produced joint cartilage from bone marrow stem cells by preventing them from becoming bone tissue. Under normal conditions the mesenchymal stem/stromal cells from the bone marrow of adults develop into cartilage tissue which then remodels into bone tissue. This is similar to what happens after a fracture, for example.