Scientists from a collection of Chinese research institutions collaborated on a study of organ regeneration in mammals, finding deer antler blastema progenitor cells are a possible source of conserved regeneration cells in higher vertebrates. Published in the journal Science, the researchers suggest the findings have applications in clinical bone repair. With the activation of key characteristic genes, it could potentially be used in regenerative medicine for skeletal, long bone or limb regeneration.
Antlerogenic periosteum (AP) and antlerogenic cells. A. AP (arrow) was
Deer antler renewal gives insights into mammalian epimorphic regeneration, Cell Regeneration
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Regenerating bone with deer antler stem cells
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