Credit: A.H. Ambre, D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, J Biomed Mater Res Part A, doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.34561 15 Feb 2013
The Katti research group at North Dakota State University, Fargo, reports that nanoclays mediate human mesenchymal stem cell differentiation into bone cells and grow bone in its most recent study published in the Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, published online Feb. 15, 2013. The Katti research group uses amino acids to modify clay structures and the modified nanoclays coax new bone growth. This scanning electron microscopy image shows beginnings of bone formation through appearance of “extra cellular matrix” formation by human mesenchymal stem cells in nanoclay scaffolds.