Stem and Progenitor Cells for Musculoskeletal Disease Modeling and Tissue Repair

Bioengineering (Basel). 2024 Nov 21;11(12):1175. doi: 10.3390/bioengineering11121175.

Songlin He^{1

2}, Wanting Niu³, Zhong Alan Li^{1

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¹ Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, NT, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China.
² Center for Neuromusculoskeletal Restorative Medicine, Hong Kong Science Park, NT, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China.
³ Tissue Engineering Labs, VA Boston Healthcare System & Department of Orthopedics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
⁴ School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, NT, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China.
⁵ Institute for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China.
⁶ Shun Hing Institute of Advanced Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, NT, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China.

Abstract

Musculoskeletal conditions such as osteoarthritis (OA), bone fracture, and sarcopenia are highly prevalent [...].