Sonic Hedgehog to the Rescue: Impressive Regeneration To Repair Large Bone Injuries - SciTechDaily

A stem cell study presents intriguing evidence that large bone injuries might trigger a repair strategy in adults that recapitulates elements of skeletal formation in utero. Key to this repair strategy is a gene with a fittingly heroic name: Sonic hedgehog. R…

ByKeck School of Medicine of USCMay 17, 2022 AMer surgical rib resection (top), a cartilage and bone bridge form (second from top) and then resolve (third from top) and remodel to regenerate the mis… [+4667 chars]

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