Share on Pinterest Stem cell transplantation can be an effective treatment in the management of knee osteoarthritis. Image credit ... on the newer treatment of mesenchymal stem cell therapy ...

Dr. Catherine Verfaillie and colleagues in 2002 reported that they coaxed mesenchymal ... stem cell paper when Elisabeth Bik, a microbiologist-turned-research detective, found more examples of ...

Bone originates from what are known as mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), which mostly reside in the bone marrow. Collecting these is a painful procedure, then converting them into bone cells is ...