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WashU Medicine

Implant

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Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have genetically engineered cells that, when implanted in mice, deliver a biologic drug in response to inflammation. Pictured is an implant consisting of a woven scaffold coated with the engineered cartilage cells that release a drug in response to inflammation.

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Guilak lab Washington University

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