Growth of Cartilage in Vitro:  Role of Mechanical Forces
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This is a fundamental engineering study pertaining to the in vitro              growth of cartilage.  The successful completion of this project will            require cooperation among engineers, cellular physiologists and                 biochemists.  The importance of this topic as an emerging engineering           technology can not be over stated.  Living cartilage tissue grown in            vitro will have an enormous impact upon the replacement of defective            body parts.  This research will induce a known strain upon a section            of cartilage grown in vitro and test the cartilage for the synthesis            of important molecules related to its structure and/or function.  This          fundamental study should lead to the production of various forms of             cartilage that could ultimately be used for transplantation.
{'FirstName': 'Martha', 'LastName': 'Gray', 'EmailAddress': 'mgray@mit.edu', 'StartDate': '07/15/1988', 'EndDate': None, 'RoleCode': 'Principal Investigator'}
{'Name': 'Massachusetts Institute of Technology', 'CityName': 'Cambridge', 'ZipCode': '021394301', 'PhoneNumber': '6172531000', 'StreetAddress': '77 MASSACHUSETTS AVE', 'CountryName': 'United States', 'StateName': 'Massachusetts', 'StateCode': 'MA'}
{'Code': '5345', 'Text': 'Engineering of Biomed Systems'}
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