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Developing lab-grown human cartilage… using apples!

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Astonishing but true: apples are one of the latest plant-based materials tissue engineers are experimenting with to create lab-grown human cartilage. Priscilla Du Preez/Unsplash, CC BYA research lab at the University of Caen Normandy (France) has succeeded in making cartilage using decellularized apples. The Bioconnect laboratory at the university, which I head, has just published a scientific paper in the Journal of Biological Engineering. In t…

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Developing lab-grown human cartilage… using apples!

Astonishing but true: apples are one of the latest plant-based materials tissue engineers are experimenting with to create lab-grown human cartilage. Priscilla Du Preez/Unsplash, CC BYA research lab at the University of Caen Normandy (France) has succeeded in making cartilage using decellularized apples. The Bioconnect laboratory at the university, which I head, has just published a scientific paper in the Journal of Biological Engineering. In t…

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The Conversation broke the news in on Tuesday, February 17, 2026.
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