«I'm working with Professor Richard Oreffo and Dr Rahul Tare from the University's Centre for
Human Development, Stem Cells and Regeneration who are trying to create and grow
cartilage in the lab using a patients» own (autologous) stem cells to then be
implanted back into the patient if they have a
cartilage defect,» she explains.
When the team examined 40 other mice with RASF /
cartilage implants, it found
human RASFs in the blood of about half, strongly suggesting that the RASFs use the bloodstream to invade the rest of the body.