Osteochondroretricular Stem Cell (IMAGE)

Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Osteochondroretricular Stem Cell

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The osteochondroretricular stem cell, a newly identified type of bone stem cell that appears to be vital to skeletal development and may provide the basis for novel treatments for osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, and bone fractures. In this illustration of the head of a femur (the thigh bone), osteochondroretricular stem cells are visualized in red.

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Laboratory of Dr. Timothy Wang

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