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How to grow a bone - Nina Tandon

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Can you grow a human bone outside the human body? The answer may soon be yes. Nina Tandon explores the possibility by examining how bones naturally grow inside the body, and illuminating how scientists are hoping to replicate that process in a lab.

Why are osteoclasts, cells that break down bones, actually important in bone growth?

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Meet The Creators

  • Educator Nina Tandon
  • Collaborator Nafissa Yakubova, Jon Bernhard, Sarindr Bhumiratana
  • Director Barry Chapman
  • Producer Caoimhe Ni Bhradaigh
  • Artist Patrick O'Callaghan
  • Narrator Nina Tandon

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